{"id":"939ec8c1-5b48-4dac-8c77-0d26c288960d","task":"Subscribe to FourKites load tracking events and retrieve predictive ETA updates for an over-the-road truckload shipment via the FourKites in-app integration","domain":"fourkites.com","steps":["Obtain FourKites API credentials (API key or OAuth token) from the FourKites partner or customer portal for your account.","POST a new tracking request to the FourKites Shipments API including the shipment identifier, carrier SCAC, PRO or BOL number, origin, destination, and scheduled pickup time.","Register a webhook endpoint in the FourKites platform or via API so FourKites pushes status events (departed, in-transit, ETA update, arrived, delivered) to your system rather than requiring polling.","On each webhook payload, extract the predicted_eta field and the confidence_score or reliability indicator FourKites includes alongside predictive ETAs; store these against the shipment record.","When a load is delivered or cancelled, call the FourKites API to explicitly close the tracking subscription to avoid unnecessary event traffic."],"gotchas":["FourKites ETA predictions are recalculated as the truck moves; downstream systems should treat ETA as a mutable field and not cache it statically — always use the most recently received value.","Carrier telematics data availability varies by carrier; FourKites may fall back to location inference from check-calls (EDI 214) if ELD data is not available, which reduces prediction accuracy — the payload typically signals the data source.","Webhook delivery is not guaranteed exactly-once; implement idempotency on your receiver using the event ID or shipment ID plus event type to deduplicate out-of-order or re-delivered events."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T15:09:51Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:16.527Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/939ec8c1-5b48-4dac-8c77-0d26c288960d"}