The page shows how you can authenticate for our API.
Cargoboard is a leading freight forwarder to offer full API access for quotation and booking requests. The Cargoboard API lets you automate quoting, booking, and shipment tracking directly from your own systems — covering Groupage, LTL and FTL shipments, ADR/dangerous goods handling, B2B and B2C-Shipments.
Getting an API key
Every request to the Cargoboard API must be authenticated with an API key.
- Already have an account? If the API is activated for your account, find your key on the user settings page.
- No key yet? Request one from your personal Cargoboard contact, or reach out directly to [email protected].
Once issued, your API key grants full access to the API and does not expire on its own — treat it like a password and keep it out of client-side code, public repos, or logs.
Authenticating requests
Pass your API key in the X-API-KEY header on every request:
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.cargoboard.com/v1/quotations \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-KEY: YourKeyHere'Requests without a valid X-API-KEY header will be rejected before reaching the endpoint logic.
Support
Questions on authentication or integration? Reach out to me (Patrick) directly at [email protected] — happy to help you get set up.