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ArcBest Expedite Customer API

Quote, book and track ArcBest Expedite (Panther Premium Logistics) time-critical freight directly from a shipper's own application. Client-credential authorize call returns a bearer token; quotes are submitted, booking requests are queued for an ArcBest operator, booking status is polled, and booked shipments are searched by reference number.

ArcBest Expedite Customer API is one of 6 APIs that ArcBest publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Expedite, Quotes, Booking, and Tracking. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, organized into 3 resource areas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.arcb.com/expedite/customer, https://test.api.arcb.com/expedite/customer.

7 operations 7 paths 0 schemas 2 GET5 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://api.arcb.com/expedite/customer
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
3

Authentication & Security 1

ArcBest Expedite Customer API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Access token returned by POST /authorize, sent as Authorization: Bearer . Credentials (ClientId/ClientSecret) are issued by ArcBest support, not self-serve.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 2 GET, 5 POST. They span 3 resource areas: Authorize, Quotes, Shipments. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authorize 1

Exchange a ClientId and ClientSecret for a bearer access token.

POST
/authorize
Exchange client credentials for an access token
authorizePost body → 200
Quotes 4

Submit expedite rate quotes, request bookings against them, and poll booking status.

POST
/quotes
Submit an expedite rate quote request
quotesSubmitQuote body → 200
POST
/quotes/booking-request/expedite
Submit a new expedite booking request
quotesBookExpediteQuote body → 200
POST
/quotes/booking-request/time-critical-forwarding
Submit a new time-critical forwarding booking request
quotesBookTimeCriticalForwardingQuote body → 200
GET
/quotes/booking-request/status
Get the status of a booking request
quotesGetBookingStatus 1 param → 200400401404
Shipments 2

Look up booked shipments and the shipment status code vocabulary.

GET
/shipments/status-codes
List shipment status codes
shipmentsGetShipmentStatusCodes → 200
POST
/shipments/search
Search shipments by reference numbers
shipmentsGetShipmentsByReferenceNumbers body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

arcbest-expedite-customer-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ArcBest publishes across the network.

ArcBest Pickups API
ArcBest Rates API
ArcBest Shipments API
ArcBest Tracking API
ArcBest Expedite Third Party TMS API
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