Old Dominion Freight Line · Rate Limits

Old Dominion Freight Line Rate Limits

ODFL does not publish numeric rate limits on its developer/integrations page. Limits are applied per API key under the customer agreement and surface as 429s when crossed. Most SOAP API endpoints are scheduled to retire on December 31, 2025 — clients should migrate to REST.

Old Dominion Freight Line Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Old Dominion Freight Line on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 1 rate-limit definition, measuring varies.

An exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

The profile also includes 4 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for unauthorized, forbidden, throttled, and serviceUnavailable.

Tagged areas include Freight, Less-Than-Truckload, Logistics, Shipping, and Transportation.

1 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429
Method: generated, dated 2026-05-05.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-05-05 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Limits

Per API key api-key
varies
not numerically published; subject to fair use under the ODFL customer agreement

Policies

SOAP retirement
Most SOAP API endpoints retire on December 31, 2025. Migrate to REST: BOL v3.1, Pickup v3.0, Tracking v2.0, Document v1.0.
Backoff
Implement exponential backoff with jitter on 429/503 responses. Honor Retry-After if present.
Onboarding-issued credentials
API keys are provisioned through ODFL Customer Service (api@odfl.com / 1-800-235-5569) and scoped to the customer's account.
Polling cadence
For shipment tracking, batch tracking-number lookups and avoid sub-minute polling per shipment to stay well within fair use.

Sources

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