🚚 Rate Quote API client

This async client will help you understand how to use R+L Carriers rate quote API for shipping calculations.

Docs: https://api.rlc.com/swagger/ui/index#/RateQuote

Requirements

• Developer API Key: MyRLC Account to retrieve your API key. If you do not have an account, sign up here: https://www.rlcarriers.com/company/myrlc-signup

Table of Contents

1. Prerequisites
2. API Key Setup
3. Functions
   • main
   • get_pallet_types
   • get_pallet_types_by_points
   • get_rate_quote
   • post_rate_quote
4. Usage Example

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following dependencies installed:

• httpx
• asyncio

To install these dependencies, run:

pip install httpx asyncio

API Key Setup

Replace the API_KEY variable with your actual API key:

API_KEY = "your_api_key_here"

Functions

main

main() is the main function that demonstrates the usage of the other functions. You can modify the input data in this function to test different scenarios.

get_pallet_types

async def get_pallet_types()

Fetches all available pallet types from the API. No parameters are required for this function.

get_pallet_types_by_points

async def get_pallet_types_by_points(origin_city, origin_zip, destination_city, destination_zip)

Fetches pallet types based on the origin and destination points. Parameters:

• origin_city: Origin city as a string.
• origin_zip: Origin zip code as a string.
• destination_city: Destination city as a string.
• destination_zip: Destination zip code as a string.

get_rate_quote

async def get_rate_quote(quote_number)

Fetches the rate quote based on the provided quote number. Parameters:

• quote_number: The quote number as a string.

post_rate_quote

async def post_rate_quote(rate_quote_request)

Submits a rate quote request and receives a response with the calculated rate. Parameters:

• rate_quote_request: A dictionary containing the rate quote request data.

Usage Example

To use this script, simply run it:

python rate_quote_api.py

By default, the main function demonstrates the usage of the post_rate_quote function. You can modify the input data in the main function and call other functions to test different scenarios.