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Get a Single LTL Carrier

This API endpoint returns a list of helpful information about a single LTL carrier account, including the available accessorial services, container types, and service levels for that particular LTL carrier account.

Carrier IDs

There is a unique carrier_id in ShipEngine for each of your LTL carriers. Use this carrier_id for many other ShipEngine endpoints to indicate a specific account you want to use.

This unique ID represents your connection with a specific carrier, and ShipEngine generates and returns this unique carrier_id when you connect a carrier account.

Container Types and Accessorial Services

If you have experience with LTL shipping, you are probably familiar with speaking about LTL shipments in terms of the container used for shipping as well as the possible accessorial services you may wish to use. In ShipEngine API, we have streamlined the terminology across different kinds of carriers. Any time you see package, this refers to the LTL shipper's container type offerings. Likewise, accessorial services are simply referred to as options in ShipEngine API.

Example

GET /v-beta/ltl/carriers/:carrier_id

Example Request

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GET /v-beta/ltl/carriers/aed2a8c0-7998-4fef-9a82-2cab5f527dc2 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.shipengine.com
API-Key: __YOUR_API_KEY_HERE__

Example Response

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{
  "carriers": [
    {
      "carrier_id": "aed2a8c0-7998-4fef-9a82-2cab5f527dc2",
      "countries": [
        "CA",
        "MX",
        "US"
      ],
      "credential_requirements": {},
      "document_types": [
        "bill_of_lading",
        "delivery_receipt"
      ],
      "features": [
        "auto_pro",
        "documents",
        "quote",
        "scheduled_pickup",
        "spot_quote",
        "tracking"
      ],
      "name": "Test Carrier",
      "options": [
        {
          "attributes": {
            "name": {
              "title": "Emergency Contact Name",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "phone": {
              "pattern": "([0-9]{10})",
              "title": "Emergency Contact Phone Number",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "code": "haz",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Hazardous material"
        },
        {
          "attributes": null,
          "code": "ipu",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote"
          ],
          "name": "Inside pickup"
        },
        {
          "attributes": null,
          "code": "lftp",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Lift gate required at pickup"
        },
        {
          "attributes": null,
          "code": "rep",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote"
          ],
          "name": "Residential pickup"
        }
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "code": "bag",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Bag"
        },
        {
          "code": "pal",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Pail"
        },
        {
          "code": "pcs",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Piece"
        },
        {
          "code": "pkg",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Package"
        },
        {
          "code": "skd",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Skid"
        }
      ],
      "scac": "FAIL",
      "services": [
        {
          "code": "gtd_am",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Guaranteed Morning"
        },
        {
          "code": "gtd_noon",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Guaranteed Noon"
        },
        {
          "code": "gtd_pm",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Guaranteed End of Day"
        },
        {
          "code": "stnd",
          "features": [
            "quote",
            "spot_quote",
            "scheduled_pickup"
          ],
          "name": "Standard"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}