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Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines Shipments API

Cargo shipment booking and tracking operations

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Alaska Airlines Shipments API is one of 8 APIs that Alaska Airlines publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Shipments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.alaskacargo.com/v1.

3 operations 2 paths 6 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.alaskaair.com
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Alaska Air Cargo
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Alaska Airlines Shipments API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key (ApiKeyHeader). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyHeader — API subscription key for Alaska Air Cargo

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Shipments 3

Cargo shipment booking and tracking operations

POST
/shipments
Alaska Air Cargo Create Shipment
createShipment body → 201400401
GET
/shipments
Alaska Air Cargo List Shipments
listShipments 3 params → 200401
GET
/shipments/{awbNumber}
Alaska Air Cargo Get Shipment
getShipment 1 param → 200404

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ShipmentRequest (9 properties), Shipment (8 properties), ShipmentTracking (7 properties), TrackingEvent (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ShipmentTracking
object
Shipment tracking details with event history
7 properties
ShipmentRequest
object
Request body for creating a cargo shipment booking
9 properties 5 required
Dimensions
object
Package dimensions
4 properties
ShipmentList
object
List of cargo shipments
2 properties
TrackingEvent
object
A cargo tracking event
4 properties
Shipment
object
Confirmed cargo shipment booking
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

alaska-air-shipments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
alaska-air:alaska-air-shipments-api
Base URL
https://api.alaskaair.com
Docs
https://developers.alaskaair.com/
Provider
Alaska Airlines
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