Forto is a digital freight forwarder and supply chain platform that combines technology with logistics expertise to provide sea, air, and rail freight services across 100+ countries. The platform offers a public REST API for booking management, shipment tracking, transport plans, document handling, and webhook subscriptions, enabling shippers, enterprises, and partners to integrate Forto freight operations directly into their ERP, TMS, and supply chain systems via standard HTTPS APIs, EDI, or fully customized integrations.
The Forto Public API provides programmatic access to Forto's digital freight forwarding platform. It exposes booking management (create, update, finalize, discard, list), shipme...
aid: forto
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/forto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Forto
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Freight
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Shipping
- Freight Forwarding
- EDI
description: Forto is a digital freight forwarder and supply chain platform that combines technology with logistics expertise
to provide sea, air, and rail freight services across 100+ countries. The platform offers a public REST API for booking
management, shipment tracking, transport plans, document handling, and webhook subscriptions, enabling shippers, enterprises,
and partners to integrate Forto freight operations directly into their ERP, TMS, and supply chain systems via standard
HTTPS APIs, EDI, or fully customized integrations.
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: forto:forto-public-api
name: Forto Public API
tags:
- Bookings
- Shipments
- Tracking
- Transport Plans
- Documents
- Webhooks
humanURL: https://developers.forto.com/reference
baseURL: https://api.forto.com
properties:
- url: https://developers.forto.com/
type: Documentation
- url: https://developers.forto.com/reference
type: APIReference
- url: https://developers.forto.com/llms.txt
type: LLMsTxt
- url: https://developers.forto.com/recipes/creation-of-booking-request
type: GettingStarted
- url: https://developers.forto.com/recipes/code-sample-listening-for-changes-with-webhook-subscription
type: Tutorial
title: Webhook Subscription Tutorial
description: The Forto Public API provides programmatic access to Forto's digital freight forwarding platform. It exposes
booking management (create, update, finalize, discard, list), shipment operations (list, get, documents, invoices, reports),
multi-version transport plans with milestone events, subscription-based webhooks for change notifications, and OAuth-style
token management. Integrations can be implemented out-of-the-box via the REST API, through predefined EDI flows, or as
fully customized integrations into SAP, Infor Nexus, Oracle, and other enterprise systems.
common:
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forto-logistics
- type: Website
url: https://forto.com/en/
- type: Portal
url: https://developers.forto.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://developers.forto.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
url: https://developers.forto.com/recipes/creation-of-booking-request
- type: Tutorials
url: https://developers.forto.com/recipes
- type: LLMsTxt
url: https://developers.forto.com/llms.txt
- type: Blog
url: https://forto.com/en/blog/
- type: Support
url: https://forto.com/en/contact-us/
- type: Careers
url: https://forto.com/en/career/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://forto.com/en/data-protection/
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://forto.com/en/terms-and-conditions/
- type: Features
data:
- name: REST API
description: Public HTTPS REST API exposing booking, shipment, transport plan, document, and subscription endpoints
- name: EDI Integrations
description: Predefined EDI-based integrations for core data exchange with shipper systems
- name: Webhook Subscriptions
description: Create, list, and delete subscriptions to receive notifications on shipment and booking changes
- name: Transport Plan Tracking
description: Multi-version transport plan API with 30+ milestone events at shipment and container level
- name: Document Management
description: Upload and download shipment documents, invoices, and reports via API
- name: Token-based Authentication
description: Create, list, and delete API tokens for authenticating requests
- name: FortoLabs Agentic AI
description: AI solutions for the logistics industry providing agentic AI capabilities for logistics operations
- type: UseCases
data:
- name: ERP / TMS Integration
description: Connect Forto shipments and bookings directly into SAP, Oracle, Infor Nexus, and other enterprise systems
- name: Real-Time Shipment Visibility
description: Surface live transport milestones into supply chain dashboards and control towers
- name: Booking Automation
description: Programmatically create, update, and finalize freight booking requests across sea, air, and rail
- name: Event-Driven Workflows
description: Subscribe to webhooks to trigger downstream workflows when shipment status changes
- name: Sustainability Reporting
description: Pull emissions and Climate Visibility data into ESG and sustainability reporting
- type: Integrations
data:
- name: SAP
description: Integrate Forto shipment data into SAP ERP and supply chain modules
- name: Oracle
description: Connect Forto bookings and tracking events into Oracle ERP and SCM applications
- name: Infor Nexus
description: Exchange shipment and booking data with the Infor Nexus supply chain network
- name: EDI
description: Predefined EDI integrations for standardized B2B freight data exchange
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: [email protected]
