ArcBest Expedite Third Party TMS API
The integration surface ArcBest publishes for transportation management systems and freight-visibility platforms. HTTP Basic authenticated; quote, book, poll booking status, retrieve the Bill of Lading and update PO/CUSTREF references on a booked order, with track-and-trace milestones pushed to an endpoint the integrator registers with ArcBest.
ArcBest Expedite Third Party TMS 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, TMS, Booking, and Bill of Lading. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 5 operations across 5 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/digital, https://test.api.arcb.com/expedite/digital.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
ArcBest Expedite Third Party TMS API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
basicAuth— HTTP Basic. "Request basic authentication username and password from the ArcBest Expedite team" - ArcBest TMS instructions PDF. Confirmed live 2026-09-04, the…
Paths & Operations 5
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. They span 3 resource areas: Quote, Booking, Order. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Rate quote requests for expedite loads.
Booking requests placed against a quote, and their asynchronous status.
Bill of Lading retrieval and reference-number updates on a booked order.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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