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Echo Global Logistics shipments API

GET and POST to shipment endpoints.

Echo Global Logistics shipments API is one of 8 APIs that Echo Global Logistics 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 and API documentation.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://virtserver.swaggerhub.com/echogl/Echo_Authorizer_Public/1.0.0, https://auth.echo.com.

6 operations 6 paths 4 schemas 3 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.echo.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Echo Global Logistics shipments API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (apiKey).

Paths & Operations 6

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

shipments 6

GET and POST to shipment endpoints.

POST
/v2/shipments/LTL
Accepts an LTL shipment for creation
CreateShipmentLTL body → 200400401
POST
/v2/shipments/TL
Accepts a TL shipment for creation
CreateShipmentTL body → 200400401
POST
/v2/shipments/PL
Accepts a PL shipment for creation
CreateShipmentPL body → 200400401
GET
/v2/shipments/{Id}
Returns a shipment
GetShipment 1 param → 200401404
GET
/v2/shipments/{Id}/status
Returns shipment status
GetShipmentStatus 1 param → 200401404
GET
/v2/shipments/{Id}/tracking
Returns tracking information for a shipment
GetShipmentTracking 1 param → 200401404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Location (8 properties), Commodity (5 properties), ShipmentRequest (4 properties), ShipmentResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Commodity
object
Freight commodity details
5 properties
ShipmentResponse
object
Shipment response object
3 properties
ShipmentRequest
object
Request body for creating a shipment
4 properties 3 required
Location
object
Shipment location
8 properties 7 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

echo-global-shipments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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