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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
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.
Exchange a ClientId and ClientSecret for a bearer access token.
Submit expedite rate quotes, request bookings against them, and poll booking status.
Look up booked shipments and the shipment status code vocabulary.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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