TForce
Freight: Get API Credentials (End User)
1. Navigate to: https://developer.tforcefreight.com/ and click “Sign Up” in the top right corner.
2. Enter your email address and click the “Send Verification
Code” button. The Sign Up UI will reload where you’ll see a box to input the
Verification Code. Retrieve the Verification Code from your email and enter it
into the appropriate field. Next click the “Verify Code” button.
3. Once the verification code has been entered, you will
need to complete the rest of the Sign Up form. For the “Log In” field,
that is the equivalent of your username, which cannot be your email address and
must be a unique value (not an email address).
Note 1: You can leave the PRO Number field
blank.
Note 2: **IMPORTANT** For the “Locations to View” field, you must enter any additional shipping locations your company has where you plan to ship to/from with TForce Freight. Enter the address details as a string, with each full location address separated using a semi-colon.
Note 3: User Type: Select “End User” for this field.
Note 2: **IMPORTANT** For the “Locations to View” field, you must enter any additional shipping locations your company has where you plan to ship to/from with TForce Freight. Enter the address details as a string, with each full location address separated using a semi-colon.
Note 3: User Type: Select “End User” for this field.
Once all fields have been filled out / selected, click the blue Create button
at the bottom of the form to create your account.
4. When the page reloads, you’ll want to click onProfile from the
horizontal menu at the top of the page. Next, click the red Configure My Client button.
5. This
will open a new browser window where you will be prompted to create your OAuth
Client credentials.
6. When
the page reloads, scroll down to the “Add a Client Secret” section. Enter a
description value: e.g. “ABC Company’s TForce Secret” and click Create.
7. The
page will reload, and your Client ID and Client Secret Value will
now be visible. These are the credentials you’ll need to connect to the TForce
APIs.
You must capture both values and save them for future use. Once you close the
page, you will not be able to retrieve the Client Secret Value again. Make sure
to correctly record and store these values somewhere safe!