> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.shippeek.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get LTL rates > Get LTL shipping rates from all configured carriers. Returns a list of rates sorted by price. Each rate includes carrier details, transit time, and an itemized charge breakdown. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi.json post /rates openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: ShipPeek API version: 1.0.0 description: Multi-carrier shipping rate aggregation, booking, and tracking API. contact: name: ShipPeek API Support email: yash@shippeek.com license: name: Apache 2.0 url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html termsOfService: https://shippeek.com/terms servers: - url: https://api.shippeek.dev description: Sandbox - url: https://api.shippeek.com description: Production security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Rates description: Get shipping rates from multiple carriers - name: Booking description: Book shipments and manage pickups - name: Tracking description: Track shipments by PRO or tracking number - name: Shipments description: Retrieve and search shipment data paths: /rates: post: tags: - Rates summary: Get LTL rates description: >- Get LTL shipping rates from all configured carriers. Returns a list of rates sorted by price. Each rate includes carrier details, transit time, and an itemized charge breakdown. operationId: getLtlRates parameters: - name: timeout in: query description: >- How long to wait for rates (seconds). Use `1` to create a quote without waiting for all carriers. schema: type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 30 default: 30 - name: carriers in: query description: Comma-separated list of carrier SCAC codes to filter results. schema: type: array items: type: string requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - originPostalCode - destPostalCode - items properties: pickupDate: type: string format: date description: Requested pickup date (YYYY-MM-DD) charges: type: array items: type: string enum: - arrival notice - arrival schedule - liftgate pickup - liftgate delivery - inside pickup - inside delivery - sort and segregate - protect from freezing description: Accessorial charges to include in the rate originCompany: type: string description: Company name at pickup originAddress: type: string description: Street address at pickup originAddress2: type: string originCity: type: string originState: type: string originPostalCode: type: string description: Pickup ZIP code originCountry: type: string enum: - USA - CAN default: USA originType: type: string enum: - business dock - business no dock - residential - limited access - trade show - construction - farm - military - airport - place of worship - school - mine - pier default: business dock description: Facility type at pickup location destCompany: type: string destAddress: type: string destAddress2: type: string destCity: type: string destState: type: string destPostalCode: type: string description: Delivery ZIP code destCountry: type: string enum: - USA - CAN default: USA destType: type: string enum: - business dock - business no dock - residential - limited access - trade show - construction - farm - military - airport - place of worship - school - mine - pier default: business dock description: Facility type at delivery location items: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateItem' description: Items being shipped responses: '200': description: Rates returned successfully content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Quote ID for retrieving rates later rates: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Rate' links: type: object properties: ratesUrl: type: string spotUrl: type: string example: id: 570665116d0bfce422911668 rates: - id: 34575116d0afce4229116467 status: ok mode: LTL paymentTerms: Outbound Prepaid total: 123.45 ref: ABC123456 days: 3 serviceType: Standard serviceDescription: Standard time: 530 carrierId: 84528496d0afce4229282716 carrier: Estes Express Lines carrierCode: exla charges: - name: linehaul amount: 1000 - name: discount amount: -900 - name: fuel amount: 23.45 '400': description: Invalid request body content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '401': description: Invalid or missing API key '429': description: Rate limit exceeded (30 requests/minute) components: schemas: RateItem: type: object required: - weight - freightClass properties: weight: type: number description: Weight in pounds freightClass: type: number description: NMFC freight class (50-500) enum: - 50 - 55 - 60 - 65 - 70 - 77.5 - 85 - 92.5 - 100 - 110 - 125 - 150 - 175 - 200 - 250 - 300 - 400 - 500 length: type: number description: Length in inches width: type: number description: Width in inches height: type: number description: Height in inches quantity: type: integer description: Number of handling units default: 1 description: type: string description: Item description package: type: string description: Packaging type hazardous: type: boolean description: Whether this item is hazardous default: false nmfc: type: string description: NMFC code Rate: type: object properties: id: type: string description: Rate ID used for booking status: type: string enum: - ok - error description: Whether the rate was successfully retrieved mode: type: string enum: - LTL - Parcel paymentTerms: type: string description: Payment terms for this rate total: type: number description: Total cost in USD ref: type: string description: Carrier reference number days: type: integer description: Estimated transit days serviceType: type: string description: Service level serviceDescription: type: string time: type: integer description: Time in milliseconds the carrier took to respond carrierId: type: string carrier: type: string description: Carrier name carrierCode: type: string description: Carrier SCAC code charges: type: array items: type: object properties: name: type: string amount: type: number description: Itemized charge breakdown bookUrl: type: string description: URL to book this rate Error: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Error message message: type: string description: Detailed error description securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: Your ShipPeek API token in the format `client_id.client_secret`. ````