Assign carrier/tracking information to a load so FourKites can track its rail movement

domain: developer.fourkites.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Obtain FourKites API user credentials issued for your carrier/shipper account.
  2. Authenticate using HTTP Basic Authentication (Digest authentication is also supported).
  3. Call the Tracking Information Assignment API, submitting the load and carrier identifiers needed to attach tracking.
  4. Reference FourKites' public GitHub sample implementations (FourKites/Tracking-Information-Assignment-API) for request/response examples in your language.
  5. Consult the TMS Tracking Assignment integration guide in FourKites' public knowledge base for field-level mapping guidance.

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