generated: '2026-09-04'
method: searched
source: >-
  ArcBest's own published Expedite instructions - docs/arcbest-expedite-customer-quote-book-instructions-2024-08.pdf
  and docs/arcbest-expedite-tms-quote-book-instructions-2024-08.pdf, downloaded from
  https://arcb.com/technology/shippers/API/expedite-setup-documentation-download - plus live probes
  of test.api.arcb.com on 2026-09-04.
provider: ArcBest
providerId: arcbest
has_sandbox: true
model: separate-host
detail: >-
  ArcBest runs a distinct test environment on its own hostname and tells integrators to start there.
  There is no test-mode key prefix and no mode flag in the payload - test and production are told
  apart by the host you call.
environments:
  - name: test
    base_urls:
      - https://test.api.arcb.com/expedite/customer
      - https://test.api.arcb.com/expedite/digital
    quote: >-
      "We prefer that you begin integration against the test URI
      https://test.api.arcb.com/expedite/customer/" - ArcBest Customer Expedite instructions, August
      2024. "API top level URI is https://test.api.arcb.com/Expedite/Digital/" - ArcBest TMS Expedite
      instructions, August 2024. Every curl sample in ArcBest's own TMS API reference targets this host.
    probed:
      - url: https://test.api.arcb.com/expedite/digital/
        status: 401
        note: Live, HTTP Basic challenge (`Basic realm="service"`). Probed 2026-09-04.
      - url: https://test.api.arcb.com/
        status: 403
        note: Gateway root. Probed 2026-09-04.
  - name: production
    base_urls:
      - https://api.arcb.com/expedite/customer
      - https://api.arcb.com/expedite/digital
    probed:
      - url: https://api.arcb.com/expedite/customer/authorize
        status: 405
        note: Method Not Allowed on GET - live POST-only endpoint. Probed 2026-09-04.
      - url: https://api.arcb.com/expedite/digital/
        status: 401
        note: Live, HTTP Basic challenge. Probed 2026-09-04.
credentials:
  self_serve: false
  detail: >-
    Test credentials are not self-serve. Customer API - "Prior to a quote, you must get the basic
    authorization credentials by posting your client id and secret to
    https://api.arcb.com/expedite/customer/authorize. These are provided by ArcBest support."
    TMS API - "Request basic authentication username and password from the ArcBest Expedite team."
    There is no signup form, no instant key and no anonymous playground.
  key_prefixes: []
  note: ArcBest publishes no test-vs-live key prefix convention. ClientId is 32 characters and ClientSecret 64 characters; neither carries a mode marker.
test_data:
  published: true
  detail: >-
    ArcBest publishes complete worked request and response payloads in both instruction PDFs -
    a full expedite quote (Millwood WV to Nogales AZ, 6 pallets), a booking request, booking status
    responses across BOOKINGINPROGRESS and SHIPMENTBOOKED, a BOL retrieval, a reference update, and a
    track-and-trace push payload. Sample quote ids ("P0004373364"), expedite order numbers
    ("20230182865") and ArcBest order numbers ("433672787") appear throughout. These are ArcBest's
    own published examples, transcribed nowhere else in this repo as live values.
  files:
    - json-schema/arcbest-expedite-quote-request-model.json
    - json-schema/arcbest-expedite-quote-response-model.json
    - json-schema/arcbest-expedite-tracking-model.json
test_clocks: false
fixtures_or_triggers: false
webhook_testing:
  detail: >-
    Track-and-trace is push-only to an endpoint the integrator supplies. "Please provide your tracking
    endpoint information to us with authentication details" - there is no self-serve endpoint
    registration UI and no documented replay or test-fire tool.
gaps:
  - No self-serve sandbox signup - every credential is issued by a human at ArcBest.
  - No test-mode key prefix, so a client cannot tell from a credential which environment it is for.
  - No test clock, fixture or trigger tooling for simulating milestones.