Forto

Forto is a digital freight forwarder and supply chain platform that combines technology with logistics expertise to provide sea, air, and rail freight services across 100+ countries. The platform offers a public REST API for booking management, shipment tracking, transport plans, document handling, and webhook subscriptions, enabling shippers, enterprises, and partners to integrate Forto freight operations directly into their ERP, TMS, and supply chain systems via standard HTTPS APIs, EDI, or fully customized integrations.

Forto publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Bookings API, Documents API, Shipments API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Freight, Logistics, Supply Chain, Shipping, and Freight Forwarding.

The Forto catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Forto’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, and 14 more developer resources.

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22.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 5/6 prominent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract 7 Features 5 Use Cases

Freight Logistics Supply Chain Shipping Freight Forwarding EDI

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Supply Chain Management

BC-520

ShipmentsTransportPlans

GET /shipments/{shipmentId}/transport-plan GET /containers/{containerId}/transport-plan GET /containers/{containerId}/transport-plan/events GET /shipments

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 22.2/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 7.9 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.5 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 0.0 — up to +25.0 composite points
Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 15.8 — up to +10.9 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Forto Public API

The Forto Public API provides programmatic access to Forto's digital freight forwarding platform. It exposes booking management (create, update, finalize, discard, list), shipme...

Forto Bookings API

The Bookings API from Forto — 4 operation(s) for bookings.

Forto Documents API

The Documents API from Forto — 2 operation(s) for documents.

Forto Shipments API

The Shipments API from Forto — 2 operation(s) for shipments.

Forto Subscriptions API

The Subscriptions API from Forto — 3 operation(s) for subscriptions.

Forto Tokens API

The Tokens API from Forto — 2 operation(s) for tokens.

Forto TransportPlans API

The TransportPlans API from Forto — 4 operation(s) for transportplans.

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Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Forto Public Bookings API

OPEN COLLECTION

Forto Public Bookings Documents API

OPEN COLLECTION

Forto Public Bookings Shipments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Forto Public Bookings Subscriptions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Forto Public Bookings Tokens API

OPEN COLLECTION

Forto Public Bookings TransportPlans API

OPEN COLLECTION

Forto Public API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Forto API pricing

Not yet checked against Forto's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-22; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free

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Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Pro Tier Default: 120 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Forto's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Forto Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Forto Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Forto

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Forto Finops

FINOPS

Features 7

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

REST API

Public HTTPS REST API exposing booking, shipment, transport plan, document, and subscription endpoints

EDI Integrations

Predefined EDI-based integrations for core data exchange with shipper systems

Webhook Subscriptions

Create, list, and delete subscriptions to receive notifications on shipment and booking changes

Transport Plan Tracking

Multi-version transport plan API with 30+ milestone events at shipment and container level

Document Management

Upload and download shipment documents, invoices, and reports via API

Token-based Authentication

Create, list, and delete API tokens for authenticating requests

FortoLabs Agentic AI

AI solutions for the logistics industry providing agentic AI capabilities for logistics operations

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Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Forto API Rules

46 rules · 44 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Forto Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Forto Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Forto Vulnerability Disclosure

no policy recorded

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Forto Agentic Access

22 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

ERP / TMS Integration

Connect Forto shipments and bookings directly into SAP, Oracle, Infor Nexus, and other enterprise systems

Real-Time Shipment Visibility

Surface live transport milestones into supply chain dashboards and control towers

Booking Automation

Programmatically create, update, and finalize freight booking requests across sea, air, and rail

Event-Driven Workflows

Subscribe to webhooks to trigger downstream workflows when shipment status changes

Sustainability Reporting

Pull emissions and Climate Visibility data into ESG and sustainability reporting

Integrations 4

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

SAP

Integrate Forto shipment data into SAP ERP and supply chain modules

Oracle

Connect Forto bookings and tracking events into Oracle ERP and SCM applications

Infor Nexus

Exchange shipment and booking data with the Infor Nexus supply chain network

EDI

Predefined EDI integrations for standardized B2B freight data exchange

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Tutorials

Tutorials

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Careers

Careers

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: forto
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/forto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Forto
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/forto.png
x-docs-platform: readme
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-03
tags:
- Freight
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Shipping
- Freight Forwarding
- EDI
description: Forto is a digital freight forwarder and supply chain platform that combines technology with logistics expertise
  to provide sea, air, and rail freight services across 100+ countries. The platform offers a public REST API for booking
  management, shipment tracking, transport plans, document handling, and webhook subscriptions, enabling shippers, enterprises,
  and partners to integrate Forto freight operations directly into their ERP, TMS, and supply chain systems via standard HTTPS
  APIs, EDI, or fully customized integrations.
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: forto:forto-public-api
  name: Forto Public API
  tags:
  - Booking
  - Shipments
  - Tracking
  - Transport Plans
  - Documents
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Bookings
  - Shipments
  - Tracking
  - Transport Plans
  - Documents
  - Webhooks
  humanURL: https://developers.forto.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.forto.com
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.forto.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developers.forto.com/reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://developers.forto.com/llms.txt
    type: LlmsText
  - url: https://developers.forto.com/recipes/creation-of-booking-request
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://developers.forto.com/recipes/code-sample-listening-for-changes-with-webhook-subscription
    type: Tutorial
    title: Webhook Subscription Tutorial
  description: The Forto Public API provides programmatic access to Forto's digital freight forwarding platform. It exposes
    booking management (create, update, finalize, discard, list), shipment operations (list, get, documents, invoices, reports),
    multi-version transport plans with milestone events, subscription-based webhooks for change notifications, and OAuth-style
    token management. Integrations can be implemented out-of-the-box via the REST API, through predefined EDI flows, or as
    fully customized integrations into SAP, Infor Nexus, Oracle, and other enterprise systems.
- aid: forto:forto-bookings-api
  name: Forto Bookings API
  description: The Bookings API from Forto — 4 operation(s) for bookings.
  humanURL: https://developers.forto.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.forto.com
  tags:
  - Booking
  tags_raw:
  - Bookings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forto-bookings-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forto:forto-documents-api
  name: Forto Documents API
  description: The Documents API from Forto — 2 operation(s) for documents.
  humanURL: https://developers.forto.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.forto.com
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forto-documents-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forto:forto-shipments-api
  name: Forto Shipments API
  description: The Shipments API from Forto — 2 operation(s) for shipments.
  humanURL: https://developers.forto.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.forto.com
  tags:
  - Shipments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forto-shipments-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forto:forto-subscriptions-api
  name: Forto Subscriptions API
  description: The Subscriptions API from Forto — 3 operation(s) for subscriptions.
  humanURL: https://developers.forto.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.forto.com
  tags:
  - Subscription
  tags_raw:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forto-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forto:forto-tokens-api
  name: Forto Tokens API
  description: The Tokens API from Forto — 2 operation(s) for tokens.
  humanURL: https://developers.forto.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.forto.com
  tags:
  - Tokens
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forto-tokens-api-openapi.yml
- aid: forto:forto-transportplans-api
  name: Forto TransportPlans API
  description: The TransportPlans API from Forto — 4 operation(s) for transportplans.
  humanURL: https://developers.forto.com/reference
  baseURL: https://api.forto.com
  tags:
  - Transport Plans
  tags_raw:
  - TransportPlans
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/forto-transportplans-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/forto-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/forto-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/forto-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/forto-capability-edges.yml
  name: Forto Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/forto-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/forto-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/forto-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/forto-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forto-logistics
- type: Website
  url: https://forto.com/en/
- type: Portal
  url: https://developers.forto.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.forto.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.forto.com/recipes/creation-of-booking-request
- type: Tutorials
  url: https://developers.forto.com/recipes
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developers.forto.com/llms.txt
- type: Blog
  url: https://forto.com/en/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://forto.com/en/contact-us/
- type: Careers
  url: https://forto.com/en/career/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://forto.com/en/data-protection/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://forto.com/en/terms-and-conditions/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: REST API
    description: Public HTTPS REST API exposing booking, shipment, transport plan, document, and subscription endpoints
  - name: EDI Integrations
    description: Predefined EDI-based integrations for core data exchange with shipper systems
  - name: Webhook Subscriptions
    description: Create, list, and delete subscriptions to receive notifications on shipment and booking changes
  - name: Transport Plan Tracking
    description: Multi-version transport plan API with 30+ milestone events at shipment and container level
  - name: Document Management
    description: Upload and download shipment documents, invoices, and reports via API
  - name: Token-based Authentication
    description: Create, list, and delete API tokens for authenticating requests
  - name: FortoLabs Agentic AI
    description: AI solutions for the logistics industry providing agentic AI capabilities for logistics operations
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: ERP / TMS Integration
    description: Connect Forto shipments and bookings directly into SAP, Oracle, Infor Nexus, and other enterprise systems
  - name: Real-Time Shipment Visibility
    description: Surface live transport milestones into supply chain dashboards and control towers
  - name: Booking Automation
    description: Programmatically create, update, and finalize freight booking requests across sea, air, and rail
  - name: Event-Driven Workflows
    description: Subscribe to webhooks to trigger downstream workflows when shipment status changes
  - name: Sustainability Reporting
    description: Pull emissions and Climate Visibility data into ESG and sustainability reporting
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: SAP
    description: Integrate Forto shipment data into SAP ERP and supply chain modules
  - name: Oracle
    description: Connect Forto bookings and tracking events into Oracle ERP and SCM applications
  - name: Infor Nexus
    description: Exchange shipment and booking data with the Infor Nexus supply chain network
  - name: EDI
    description: Predefined EDI integrations for standardized B2B freight data exchange
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Forto API — frequently asked questions

Does Forto have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Forto, including Forto Public API, Forto Bookings API and Forto Documents API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Forto API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Forto, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Forto API?

Forto uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Forto Authentication.

How much does the Forto API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Forto, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Forto API ready for AI agents?

Forto has a Kin Score of 22.2 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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