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C.H. Robinson Visibility API

Navisphere® Vision and Visibility tool is a global visibility technology that allows select customers to view and proactively manage their supply chain movements from a single platform. The tool combines real-time order and shipment information with transportation updates and external factors that can influence a supply chain, including weather, traffic, and current events to help customers prevent potential disruptions.

C.H. Robinson Visibility API is one of 9 APIs that C.H. Robinson publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 5 paths, and defines 28 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://sandbox-api.navisphere.com, https://api.navisphere.com.

6 operations 5 paths 28 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api.navisphere.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

C.H. Robinson Visibility API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (jwt) (sandbox). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (jwt) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Visibility 6

Navisphere® Vision and Visibility tool is a global visibility technology that allows select customers to view and proactively manage their supply chain movements from a single pla…

POST
/v2/visibility/shipments
Visibility shipment create
VisibilityShipmentCreate body → 201400401403404500
GET
/v2/visibility/shipments
Visibility GET shipments
VisibilityGETShipments 7 params → 200400401403404500
DELETE
/v2/visibility/shipments/{shipmentNumber}
Visibility shipment delete
VisibilityShipmentDelete 1 param → 200400401403404500
POST
/v2/visibility/invoices
Visibility invoice create
VisibilityInvoiceCreate body → 201400401403404500
POST
/v2/visibility/orders
Visibility order create
VisibilityOrderCreate body → 201400401403404500
GET
/v2/visibility/milestones
Visibility GET milestone
VisibilityGETMilestone 9 params → 200400401403404500

Schemas 28

The contract defines 28 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are commodity (28 properties), shipments (27 properties), visibilityOrder (21 properties), handlingUnit (19 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

volumeUomEnum
string
Unit of measure for volume parameters.
error403
object
3 properties 3 required
distanceUomEnum
string
Unit of measure for distance parameters.
rateCodeEnum
string
C.H. Robinson defined code for rating code. Here is a list of the most commonly used rate codes: 400 - Line Haul, 405 - Fuel Surchage, 260 - Deliver Surchage,…
error401
object
4 properties 3 required
error400
object
4 properties
weightUomEnum
string
Unit of measure for weight parameters.
freightClassEnum
string
Indicates the freight class on this shipment. (Freight Class is a voluntary standard that provides a comparison of commodities moving in interstate, intrastate…
handlingUnit
object
Object containing commodity (or group of commodities)
19 properties 2 required
transportModeEnum
string
Defines the mode: LTL - Less Than Truckload TL - Truckload Air - Air Ocean - Ocean Bulk - Bulk Consol - Consolidated Flatbed - Flatbed IMDL - Intermodal
containerInformation
object
5 properties 1 required
quoteSummaries
object
1 property
stop
object
4 properties 3 required
equipmentCodeEnum
string
Only one container type per rating request is currently supported.
visibilityOrder
object
Order Created by the Shipper
21 properties 3 required
error404
object
3 properties 3 required
rates
array
An array of all rates associated to a quote
packageCodeEnum
string
C.H. Robinson defined code for packaging type/code. Here is a list of the most commonly used packagingCodes: BAL - Bale, BAG - Bags, BIN - Bin, BOX - Boxes, CT…
linearUomEnum
string
Unit of measure for height, width, and length parameters.
referenceNumber
object
2 properties 2 required
shipments
object
27 properties 6 required
incoTermsEnum
string
The Incoterms or International Commercial Terms are a series of pre-defined commercial terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) relating…
cargoLiability
object
Informs of carrier liability coverages.
4 properties
invoice
object
12 properties 6 required
visibilityCharge
object
5 properties 3 required
commodity
object
28 properties 2 required
currencyCodeEnum
string
Code to indicate the currency being used. The most common currently in use with C.H. Robinson: USD - US Dollar CAD - Canadian Dollar MXN - Mexican Peso EUR - E…
visibilityLocation
object
All locations associated with the order.
16 properties 6 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ch-robinson-worldwide-visibility-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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