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uShip

uShip is an online shipping marketplace, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, that connects individuals and businesses with a network of professional transport service providers to move large, heavy, and oversized freight — cars and light trucks, motorcycles and powersports, boats, furniture and household goods, heavy equipment, livestock, and LTL freight. Shippers list a shipment for free and carriers compete with bids or bookable published rates, giving shippers pricing transparency and choice. uShip exposes the marketplace to partners, affiliates, brokers, carriers, and eCommerce platforms through the uShip API (v2), a RESTful, hypermedia-driven JSON API secured with OAuth 2.0 covering shipment search, listing creation by commodity category, bidding, published/LTL rate requests and rate acceptance, booking, tracking and transit statuses, lookups, and integrator user management. API access is partner-gated — the developer portal at developer.uship.com is invitation-only and access is granted by the uShip API team.

uShip publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Shipping, Logistics, Freight, Marketplace, and Transportation.

The uShip catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

uShip’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, support, engineering blog, pricing, and 18 more developer resources.

37.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
8 APIs
ShippingLogisticsFreightMarketplaceTransportationauto-transportltl-freightLast Mile DeliveryShipment TrackingE-CommerceSupply Chainrate-quotes

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 37.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 10.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Access Clarity 8.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Contract Governance 0.5 / 12
Discoverability 8.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 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 Surface 0 / 5
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APIs 8

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

uShip API v2

The core uShip marketplace API — a RESTful, hypermedia-driven JSON API over the shipment lifecycle: searching active listings, creating and retrieving listings by commodity cate...

uShip Published Rates API

Bookable, algorithmically priced rates published by service providers in response to shipping-customer rate requests, as an alternative to the auction/bidding flow. Covers the s...

uShip LTL Connect API

LTL Connect is uShip's marketplace-connected less-than-truckload product, quoting and booking LTL freight against uShip's carrier network. Documented on the uShip developer port...

uShip LTL Direct API

LTL Direct exposes uShip's directly contracted LTL carrier rates for shipper integrations, as the counterpart to LTL Connect. Documented on the uShip developer portal with its o...

uShip Cars and Light Trucks API

The vehicle-transport slice of the uShip API — listing creation, published rates, and booking for cars and light trucks, including year/make/model and body-type lookups used by ...

uShip Furniture and Home Delivery API

The furniture and household-goods slice of the uShip API, used by furniture retailers and eCommerce sellers to quote, book, and track first-to-final-mile big-and-bulky home deli...

uShip Integrator Users API

User-management endpoints for integration partners — provisioning and managing the uShip user accounts an integrator creates and acts on behalf of within the marketplace.

uShip Tracking API

Shipment tracking and transit-status history for booked listings — retrieve the recorded location history and most recent reported location, with punctuality measured against th...

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Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 2

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

Uship Authentication

oauth2/apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Uship Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: uship
name: uShip
description: uShip is an online shipping marketplace, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, that connects individuals
  and businesses with a network of professional transport service providers to move large, heavy, and oversized freight —
  cars and light trucks, motorcycles and powersports, boats, furniture and household goods, heavy equipment, livestock, and
  LTL freight. Shippers list a shipment for free and carriers compete with bids or bookable published rates, giving shippers
  pricing transparency and choice. uShip exposes the marketplace to partners, affiliates, brokers, carriers, and eCommerce
  platforms through the uShip API (v2), a RESTful, hypermedia-driven JSON API secured with OAuth 2.0 covering shipment search,
  listing creation by commodity category, bidding, published/LTL rate requests and rate acceptance, booking, tracking and
  transit statuses, lookups, and integrator user management. API access is partner-gated — the developer portal at developer.uship.com
  is invitation-only and access is granted by the uShip API team.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uship/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://www.uship.com/apple-touch-icon.png
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-08-02'
modified: '2026-08-02'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-02'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v1
tags:
- Shipping
- Logistics
- Freight
- Marketplace
- Transportation
- auto-transport
- ltl-freight
- Last Mile Delivery
- Shipment Tracking
- E-Commerce
- Supply Chain
- rate-quotes
tags_raw:
- shipping
- logistics
- freight
- marketplace
- transportation
- auto-transport
- ltl-freight
- last-mile-delivery
- shipment-tracking
- ecommerce
- supply-chain
- rate-quotes
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: uShip API v2
  description: 'The core uShip marketplace API — a RESTful, hypermedia-driven JSON API over the shipment lifecycle: searching
    active listings, creating and retrieving listings by commodity category, bids and bid acceptance, booking, contacts and
    conversations, feedback, payment codes, listing and transit statuses, tracking history, user profile, and lookup collections
    (commodities, address types, regions, currencies, service types, trailer types, vehicle year/make/model). Secured with
    OAuth 2.0; responses carry a links[] hypermedia array with rel/verb/href/title so clients discover permitted next actions
    instead of hard-coding URIs.'
  humanURL: https://developer.uship.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.uship.com/v2
  tags:
  - Shipping
  - Logistics
  - Marketplace
  - Shipment Tracking
  - Freight
  tags_raw:
  - shipping
  - logistics
  - marketplace
  - shipment-tracking
  - freight
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uship.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.uship.com/resources
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.uship.com/about-our-apis/getting-started
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/uship-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/uship-conventions.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/uship-problem-types.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/uship-data-model.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/uship-sandbox.yml
- name: uShip Published Rates API
  description: Bookable, algorithmically priced rates published by service providers in response to shipping-customer rate
    requests, as an alternative to the auction/bidding flow. Covers the shipping-customer side (create a rate request, create
    an LTL rate request, retrieve rates, accept a rate) and the service-provider side (setup, rate request notification, create
    rate, booking acceptance notification), including the HTTP callback notifications uShip POSTs to a provider's recipient
    URL.
  humanURL: https://developer.uship.com/docs/read/apis/published_rates
  baseURL: https://api.uship.com/v2
  tags:
  - Freight
  - rate-quotes
  - ltl-freight
  - Logistics
  tags_raw:
  - freight
  - rate-quotes
  - ltl-freight
  - logistics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uship.com/docs/read/apis/published_rates
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/uship-notifications-webhooks.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/uship-authentication.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/uship-sandbox.yml
- name: uShip LTL Connect API
  description: LTL Connect is uShip's marketplace-connected less-than-truckload product, quoting and booking LTL freight against
    uShip's carrier network. Documented on the uShip developer portal with a dedicated implementation guide and API reference
    for shipper integrations.
  humanURL: https://developer.uship.com/ltl-connect-api/ref
  baseURL: https://api.uship.com/v2
  tags:
  - ltl-freight
  - Freight
  - Logistics
  tags_raw:
  - ltl-freight
  - freight
  - logistics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uship.com/shipper-api-guides/ltl-connect-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.uship.com/ltl-connect-api/ref
- name: uShip LTL Direct API
  description: LTL Direct exposes uShip's directly contracted LTL carrier rates for shipper integrations, as the counterpart
    to LTL Connect. Documented on the uShip developer portal with its own guide and API reference.
  humanURL: https://developer.uship.com/ltl-direct-api
  baseURL: https://api.uship.com/v2
  tags:
  - ltl-freight
  - Freight
  - Logistics
  tags_raw:
  - ltl-freight
  - freight
  - logistics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uship.com/shipper-api-guides/ltl-direct-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.uship.com/ltl-direct-api/ref
- name: uShip Cars and Light Trucks API
  description: The vehicle-transport slice of the uShip API — listing creation, published rates, and booking for cars and
    light trucks, including year/make/model and body-type lookups used by dealers, auctions, and online vehicle marketplaces.
  humanURL: https://developer.uship.com/cars-and-light-trucks-api-reference/ref
  baseURL: https://api.uship.com/v2
  tags:
  - auto-transport
  - Shipping
  - Marketplace
  tags_raw:
  - auto-transport
  - shipping
  - marketplace
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.uship.com/cars-and-light-trucks-api-reference/ref
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uship.com/shipper-api-guides/published-rates-for-vehicles
- name: uShip Furniture and Home Delivery API
  description: The furniture and household-goods slice of the uShip API, used by furniture retailers and eCommerce sellers
    to quote, book, and track first-to-final-mile big-and-bulky home delivery through uShip's carrier network.
  humanURL: https://developer.uship.com/uship-furniture-api-reference/ref
  baseURL: https://api.uship.com/v2
  tags:
  - Last Mile Delivery
  - E-Commerce
  - Shipping
  tags_raw:
  - last-mile-delivery
  - ecommerce
  - shipping
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.uship.com/uship-furniture-api-reference/ref
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uship.com/shipper-api-guides/furniture-and-home-api-guide
- name: uShip Integrator Users API
  description: User-management endpoints for integration partners — provisioning and managing the uShip user accounts an integrator
    creates and acts on behalf of within the marketplace.
  humanURL: https://developer.uship.com/integrator-users-api
  baseURL: https://api.uship.com/v2
  tags:
  - Marketplace
  - Logistics
  tags_raw:
  - marketplace
  - logistics
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.uship.com/integrator-users-api/ref
- name: uShip Tracking API
  description: Shipment tracking and transit-status history for booked listings — retrieve the recorded location history and
    most recent reported location, with punctuality measured against the bid's latest pickup and delivery times.
  humanURL: https://developer.uship.com/shipper-api-guides/tracking-api-guide
  baseURL: https://api.uship.com/v2
  tags:
  - Shipment Tracking
  - Logistics
  - Supply Chain
  tags_raw:
  - shipment-tracking
  - logistics
  - supply-chain
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.uship.com/shipper-api-guides/tracking-api-guide
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.uship.com/docs/read/apis/Tracking_Reference
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/uship-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.uship.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.uship.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.uship.com/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.uship.com/resources
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.uship.com/about-our-apis/getting-started
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.uship.com/register/
- type: Login
  url: https://www.uship.com/signin.aspx
- type: Support
  url: https://help.uship.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.uship.com/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/uShip
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://help.uship.com/hc/articles/360008771433-user-agreement/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://help.uship.com/hc/articles/360009056894-privacy-policy/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.uship.com/cost-to-ship/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://uship.statuspage.io/
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/uship-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/uship-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/uship-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/uship-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/uship-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/uship-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/uship-data-model.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/uship-packages.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/uship-notifications-webhooks.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/uship-sandbox.yml

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