API Reference
API Reference
Complete reference for every FreightCake API endpoint.
Overview
The FreightCake API is organized around REST. All requests and responses use JSON. Authentication is via Bearer token.
Base URL:
https://api.freightcake.com/api/v1Resources
Every page below is generated from the live OpenAPI specification and includes an interactive playground, so you can run real sandbox requests without leaving the docs.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Quotes | Rate-shop freight across every enabled carrier |
| Freight | Book, amend, and cancel LTL freight shipments |
| Tracking | Follow shipments from pickup to delivery |
| Carriers | Carriers enabled for your account |
| Addresses | Reusable, validated address book entries |
| Invoices | Billing records and downloadable PDFs |
| Webhooks | Signed event delivery to your endpoints |
| Sandbox | Test-mode helpers for exercising integrations |
Authentication
All API requests require a Bearer token in the Authorization header:
curl https://api.freightcake.com/api/v1/quotes \
-H "Authorization: Bearer fk_test_REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_KEY"See Authentication for key modes, security, and restricted-key behavior.