openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: In-Transit Visibility API version: 1.0.0-public-preview contact: name: DSDC APIs Full Truckload url: https://github.com/dsdcapis/full-truckload license: name: DSDC Repository License url: https://github.com/dsdcapis/full-truckload/blob/main/LICENSE.md description: | # Overview In-Transit Visibility is the capability to track freight movements through milestones, events and location updates in real time, from pickup to delivery. It is vital to the lifecycle of a load because it provides insight into where a shipment is at each stage and alerts all parties of important milestones or issues. This capability ties into the broader Digital Standards Development Council open API standards initiative, which aims to digitize data exchange in freight transportation. By adopting standard APIs, the industry can reduce manual processes, improve data accuracy, increase visibility into shipments, enable real-time notifications of shipment changes, and drive process automation. Shippers today continue to demand real-time updates at every key milestone - before pickup, during transit, and upon arrival. In response, industry leaders are making automated digital tracking a core part of operations, replacing phone calls and emails with API-based status sharing. This broad industry trend underscores how critical in-transit visibility has become. It also reinforces the NMFTA's mission to standardize visibility. By implementing this API, all parties - shippers, carriers, and intermediaries - share a single source of truth about a load's status. In-transit updates, when combined with other NMFTA standard APIs (e.g. electronic tendering and eBOL), form a continuous digital thread from load creation to completion, greatly enhancing transparency and efficiency in freight movements. # Value Proposition ## Shipper Gaining in-transit visibility allows shippers to easily get updates on the status and location of their shipments, reducing misunderstandings, human error, and theft. For example, instead of waiting for manual updates, a shipper can see when a load is picked up, in transit, or delayed, and even receive location updates before pickup occurs. This proactive insight gives shippers peace of mind and the ability to address exceptions quickly. ## Carrier The In-Transit Visibility API allows carriers to provide digital status updates to relevant parties using a standard protocol. This approach enables tracking information to be shared with shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs), supporting automated communication of updates such as departure, arrival, or delay notifications, and contributing to operational transparency. ## 3rd Party The In-Transit Visibility API will allow third parties of all kinds to receive and send necessary shipment information to ensure a seamless flow through the life cycle of a shipment. Due to the nature of their business and having to interact with multiple parties in the transportation industry, they stand much to gain by simplification of their business processes, which the In-Transit Visibility specification will enable. Overall, the In-Transit Visibility standard helps 3rd parties coordinate more effectively and provide better service with less overhead. # Capabilities: - Pull events: GET /v1/events (page-based, deterministic ordering) - Webhook delivery: webhooks/shipmentEvents (EventBatch + HMAC) - Subscription management: /v1/subscriptions - Pagination strategy: Page-Based method with page/pageSize - Standardized event types - Ordering, idempotency, retries - [RFC 7807 Problem Details](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7807) # Product Requirements Document (PRD) The Product Requirements Document (PRD) for this API can be found [here](https://dsdcapis.github.io/full-truckload/api-prds/API%20Product%20Requirements%20-%20In%20Transit%20Visibility.pdf). tags: - name: Events description: Pull shipment events - name: Subscriptions description: Manage webhook subscriptions paths: /v1/events: get: tags: - Events summary: List shipment events (page-based) operationId: listEvents description: | Returns a page of events. Pagination in headers; body uses EventsPage for consistency. Results are deterministically ordered by `shipmentId`, `sequence`, `id`. parameters: - in: query name: shipmentId schema: type: string description: Filter by canonical shipment id. - in: query name: eventTypes schema: type: array items: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/EventType' description: One or more event types. - in: query name: occurredFrom schema: type: string format: date-time description: occurredAt >= this timestamp. - in: query name: occurredTo schema: type: string format: date-time description: occurredAt < this timestamp. - in: query name: page schema: type: integer minimum: 1 default: 1 description: 1-based page index. - in: query name: pageSize schema: type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 500 default: 100 description: Results per page. - in: query name: order schema: type: string enum: - asc - desc default: asc description: Sort direction on `shipmentId`, `sequence`, `id`. responses: '200': description: A page of events content: application/json: schema: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/EventsPage' 'default': $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/responses/UnexpectedError' /v1/subscriptions: get: tags: - Subscriptions summary: List subscriptions operationId: listSubscriptions description: | Returns a page of subscriptions. Pagination in headers; body uses SubscriptionsPage for consistency. Results are deterministically ordered by `id`. parameters: - in: query name: status schema: type: string enum: - active - paused - inactive default: active - in: query name: page schema: type: integer minimum: 1 default: 1 - in: query name: pageSize schema: type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 200 default: 50 responses: '200': description: Subscriptions page content: application/json: schema: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/SubscriptionsPage' 'default': $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/responses/UnexpectedError' post: tags: - Subscriptions summary: Create a subscription operationId: createSubscription description: | Create a subscription to receive in-transit events via webhook. Provide the delivery configuration webhook url and hmac_secret_id and filters event_types and shipment IDs. Returns the created Subscription on success. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/SubscriptionCreate' responses: '201': description: Created headers: Location: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/headers/Location' content: application/json: schema: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/Subscription' 'default': $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/responses/UnexpectedError' /v1/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}: get: tags: - Subscriptions summary: Get a subscription operationId: getSubscription description: | Retrieve a single subscription by its unique ID. Returns the subscription's current configuration and status. parameters: - in: path name: subscriptionId required: true schema: type: string responses: '200': description: The subscription that matches the provided subscription ID. content: application/json: schema: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/Subscription' 'default': $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/responses/UnexpectedError' patch: tags: - Subscriptions summary: Update a subscription (merge-patch) operationId: updateSubscription description: Partial update using [JSON Merge Patch](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7386). Provide only fields you want to change. parameters: - in: path name: subscriptionId required: true schema: type: string requestBody: required: true content: application/merge-patch+json: schema: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/SubscriptionPatch' responses: '200': description: Updated subscription content: application/json: schema: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/Subscription' 'default': $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/responses/UnexpectedError' delete: tags: - Subscriptions summary: Delete a subscription operationId: deleteSubscription description: Delete a subscription by its unique ID. Stops future deliveries and removes the subscription. parameters: - in: path name: subscriptionId required: true schema: type: string responses: '204': description: Deleted 'default': $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/responses/UnexpectedError' webhooks: shipmentEvents: post: summary: Shipment events webhook (from Carrier -> Subscriber) description: | We POST batches of events to your configured `endpointUrl`. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/schemas/EventBatch' responses: '200': description: Acknowledged (no retry) '202': description: Accepted (no retry) 'default': $ref: './schemas/schemas.yaml#/components/responses/UnexpectedError'