What can the Mothership API do?

The Mothership API is a RESTful API (JSON responses, standard HTTP status codes) that lets you build Mothership shipping directly into your own systems — a TMS, ERP, e-commerce site, or internal app — instead of working only in the dashboard. It covers the full shipment lifecycle:

• Create a quote — get rates across our network of LTL and FTL carriers.
• Book & manage shipments — create, list, retrieve, and cancel shipments.
  • Create a shipment
  • List shipments
  • Cancel a shipment
• Track a shipment— pull real-time shipment status.
• Webhooks — subscribe your systems to real-time status updates instead of polling.
• Documents & files — retrieve shipment documents (e.g. BOL, POD) and files programmatically.
• Invoices & account — pull invoices and account details for reconciliation.

Getting started

• Request access first — API access must be enabled for your account. See How do I request API access? (email your sales representative).
• Get your tokens — once enabled, retrieve your sandbox and production tokens in the dashboard API settings.
• Two environments — test in Sandbox (https://sandbox.api.mothership.com) with no real purchases, then switch to Production (https://api.mothership.com).
• OpenAPI schema — Download the OpenAPI v3 schema to generate a typed client or wire it into your existing tooling.

Developer documentation

• API reference · Guides · Overview
• Authentication · Error handling · Rate limiting

Questions about the API? Email developers@mothership.com.