aid: descartes url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/descartes/refs/heads/main/apis.yml name: Descartes Systems Group kind: company description: >- The Descartes Systems Group is a global logistics and supply chain software company whose cloud-based Global Logistics Network connects manufacturers, distributors, carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders. Descartes delivers its capabilities across a large family of products - real-time freight visibility and carrier sourcing (Descartes MacroPoint), customs and regulatory compliance and trade content (Descartes CustomsInfo, NetCHB), global trade intelligence (Descartes Datamyne), routing and mobile, and B2B connectivity and messaging. Descartes exposes APIs on a per-product basis: the MacroPoint visibility, capacity, and carrier integration APIs are publicly documented (customer credentials required), while trade content, trade data, and B2B connectivity APIs are provisioned through the Descartes API portal or a sales/contract engagement. Most API access is customer/partner-gated rather than open self-service signup. image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - Logistics - Supply Chain - Freight Visibility - Shipment Tracking - Customs Compliance - Global Trade - Trade Content - Carrier Sourcing created: '2026-07-05' modified: '2026-07-05' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: descartes:descartes-macropoint-visibility-api name: Descartes MacroPoint Visibility API tags: - Freight Visibility - Shipment Tracking - Real-Time Tracking image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://docs.macropoint.com/ baseURL: https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0 properties: - url: https://docs.macropoint.com/ type: Documentation - url: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/logistics-technology-platform/real-time-shipment-tracking-visibility type: ProductPage description: >- Real-time freight and shipment visibility. Lets a shipper, broker, or 3PL create, update, monitor, and stop tracking sessions on loads directly from a TMS or ERP and receive location, order-status, trip-event, and form-submit updates via callbacks. Base https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0 with HTTP Basic authentication and XML request/response bodies. Confirmed operations include POST /orders/createorder and POST /tms/data/location; the full surface is documented at docs.macropoint.com. Access requires MacroPoint customer credentials (gated). - aid: descartes:descartes-macropoint-capacity-api name: Descartes MacroPoint Capacity Integration API tags: - Carrier Sourcing - Capacity Matching - Freight image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://capacitydocs.macropoint.com/ baseURL: https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0 properties: - url: https://capacitydocs.macropoint.com/ type: Documentation - url: https://macropoint.com/ type: ProductPage description: >- Intelligent carrier sourcing and capacity matching. An Import API pushes available-capacity and load data into MacroPoint Capacity, and an Export API returns carrier matches back into the customer's system. Documented at capacitydocs.macropoint.com. Exact endpoint paths are provisioned to customers; specific operations here are modeled from the published integration guides (endpointsModeled). Access is gated behind a MacroPoint Capacity account. - aid: descartes:descartes-macropoint-carrier-api name: Descartes MacroPoint Carrier Integration API tags: - Carrier Integration - Telematics - Location Updates image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://carrierdocs.macropoint.com/ baseURL: https://macropoint-lite.com/api/1.0 properties: - url: https://carrierdocs.macropoint.com/ type: Documentation - url: https://www.postman.com/macropoint-telematics type: PostmanWorkspace description: >- Carrier-facing integration for the MacroPoint Visibility network. Lets carriers and telematics/ELD providers supply location updates as lat/long coordinate sets or addresses, plus load event updates (arrival/departure) and tracking-method assignment. Documented at carrierdocs.macropoint.com with public Postman collections under the macropoint-telematics workspace. Specific endpoint paths are modeled from the published guides (endpointsModeled). Access requires carrier/partner onboarding (gated). - aid: descartes:descartes-customsinfo-trade-content-api name: Descartes CustomsInfo Trade Content API tags: - Customs Compliance - Trade Content - HS Classification image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.customsinfo.com/knowledge-center/trade-content-apis-streamlining-classification-and-enhancing-business-integration/ properties: - url: https://www.customsinfo.com/knowledge-center/trade-content-apis-streamlining-classification-and-enhancing-business-integration/ type: Documentation - url: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-and-regulatory-compliance type: ProductPage description: >- Trade content and classification for customs and regulatory compliance. Delivers Harmonized System (HS) codes and product classification, current tariff and duty rates and preferential-tariff details, binding rulings, import/export restrictions, licensing and safety-certification data, and origin/destination trade-agreement content, in JSON or XML for embedding in ERP, GTM, WMS, and TMS systems. No public self-service endpoint reference is published; operations are modeled from the CustomsInfo trade-content API materials (endpointsModeled) and access is arranged via contract with a Descartes global trade content specialist (gated). - aid: descartes:descartes-datamyne-trade-data-api name: Descartes Datamyne Global Trade Data API tags: - Global Trade - Trade Data - Market Intelligence image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.datamyne.com/our-product/global-trade-data-api/ properties: - url: https://www.datamyne.com/our-product/global-trade-data-api/ type: Documentation - url: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/customs-and-regulatory-compliance/global-trade-intelligence type: ProductPage description: >- Programmatic access to Descartes Datamyne's global import/export trade data - bill-of-lading and customs records, trade flows, and company/commodity intelligence - for embedding market and supply chain intelligence into internal applications. No public self-service endpoint reference is published; operations are modeled from the Datamyne product materials (endpointsModeled) and access is arranged via subscription/contract (gated). - aid: descartes:descartes-b2b-api-connectivity name: Descartes B2B API Connectivity tags: - B2B Connectivity - Global Logistics Network - Messaging image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://api.descartes.com/ baseURL: https://api.descartes.com properties: - url: https://api.descartes.com/ type: DeveloperPortal - url: https://www.descartes.com/solutions/b2b-connectivity-and-messaging/api-connectivity type: ProductPage description: >- Real-time B2B connectivity over the Descartes Global Logistics Network, complementing traditional EDI. Provides synchronous request/response integrations for marketplace connectivity (exchanging listings, orders, payments, and reports with retailers such as Amazon and bol.com) and multimodal carrier connectivity (rates, shipment details, bookings, and waybills). APIs are discovered and keys acquired through the Descartes API portal at api.descartes.com, which requires sign-up and approval; specific endpoints are modeled from the portal and product materials (endpointsModeled). common: - type: DomainSecurity url: security/descartes-domain-security.yml - type: Website url: https://www.descartes.com - type: DeveloperPortal url: https://api.descartes.com/ - type: Documentation url: https://docs.macropoint.com/ - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/descartes-systems-group - type: PostmanWorkspace url: https://www.postman.com/macropoint-telematics - type: Plans url: plans/descartes-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/descartes-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/descartes-finops.yml maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com