> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.arcuserp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Record a manually-booked freight quote > Inserts a `freight_quotes` row for the order. This is the manual entry path for quotes the operator received outside Shippo (phone calls, carrier portals, brokers). The order must already be flagged as freight; the gate returns 400 `order_not_freight` otherwise. Carrier and amount are required; currency defaults to USD; quote_number, transit days, expires_at, and notes are optional. The new row is created with `accepted_at = null` (operator explicitly accepts a quote via POST /freight_quotes/{id}/accept). The canonical helper `createFreightQuote` audits the insert. Idempotent on `Idempotency-Key`. Requires the `orders:write` scope. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.yaml post /freight_orders/{id}/quotes openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Arcus ERP Public API version: 1.0.0 description: > Arcus ERP public REST API. Designed for external integrations and data migration. **Authentication.** Bearer token (API key) via the `Authorization` header. Format: `Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent__` (or `ark_test_*` for sandbox). API keys are issued per-entity in **Settings > Developers > API Keys**. **Entity scoping.** The entity is encoded in the API key prefix; routes are flat (e.g. `/v1/accounts`, `/v1/orders`, `/v1/products`). A small set of platform endpoints (migration, reconciliation, events, webhook endpoints, API keys) use the `/v1/entities/{entity_id}/...` form -- those are noted in their tags. **Key capabilities.** - Related-resource hydration via `?expand[]=` (see `x-arcus-expand` on each resource). - Cursor-based pagination (`starting_after` / `ending_before` / `limit`). - Idempotency via the `Idempotency-Key` header. - Webhook events for asynchronous notification. - Conditional requests / ETag for cache validation. servers: - url: https://api.arcuserp.com/v1 description: Arcus ERP API (accepts both live `ark_live_*` and test `ark_test_*` keys) - url: https://dev-api.arcuserp.com/v1 description: >- Dev sandbox API (test-only data, accepts `ark_test_*` keys against dev RDS) security: [] paths: /freight_orders/{id}/quotes: parameters: - name: id in: path required: true schema: type: string format: uuid post: tags: - Freight summary: Record a manually-booked freight quote description: > Inserts a `freight_quotes` row for the order. This is the manual entry path for quotes the operator received outside Shippo (phone calls, carrier portals, brokers). The order must already be flagged as freight; the gate returns 400 `order_not_freight` otherwise. Carrier and amount are required; currency defaults to USD; quote_number, transit days, expires_at, and notes are optional. The new row is created with `accepted_at = null` (operator explicitly accepts a quote via POST /freight_quotes/{id}/accept). The canonical helper `createFreightQuote` audits the insert. Idempotent on `Idempotency-Key`. Requires the `orders:write` scope. operationId: createFreightQuoteV1 parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey' requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object required: - carrier_name - amount properties: carrier_name: type: string maxLength: 100 example: Estes Express carrier_service: type: string maxLength: 60 nullable: true example: Standard LTL quote_number: type: string maxLength: 80 nullable: true example: EST-2026-77821 transit_days: type: integer minimum: 0 nullable: true example: 4 amount: type: number format: float minimum: 0 example: 642.5 currency: type: string default: USD example: USD expires_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true example: '2026-05-25T17:00:00Z' notes: type: string nullable: true raw_response: type: object nullable: true description: Optional raw carrier payload for the audit trail. example: carrier_name: Estes Express carrier_service: Standard LTL quote_number: EST-2026-77821 transit_days: 4 amount: 642.5 currency: USD expires_at: '2026-05-25T17:00:00Z' notes: Phoned in 2026-05-18 by S. Allen. responses: '201': description: Freight quote created content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FreightQuote' '400': description: order_not_freight, failed_to_create_quote, or validation error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Error' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/Error' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/Error' security: - ApiKeyAuth: - orders:write components: parameters: IdempotencyKey: name: Idempotency-Key in: header required: false description: | Client-generated unique key for idempotent POST/PATCH/DELETE operations. Alias for the Idempotency parameter. Max 255 chars. On retry with the same key, the original response is returned without re-executing the operation. Keys expire after 24 hours. schema: type: string maxLength: 255 schemas: FreightQuote: type: object description: > A carrier rate-quote attached to a freight order. Created either manually (operator booked a carrier outside Shippo) via POST /freight_orders/{id}/quotes, or in bulk by pulling Shippo LTL rates via POST /freight_orders/{id}/quotes/shippo. Exactly one quote per order may carry a non-null `accepted_at`; accepting a quote rolls its `amount` into `orders.shipping_total`. Rule 23 SSOT: `amount` is written only by createFreightQuoteHandler and the Shippo rate-import; `accepted_at` is written only by acceptFreightQuoteHandler. Scope: orders:read / orders:write. properties: id: type: string format: uuid readOnly: true entity_id: type: string format: uuid readOnly: true order_id: type: string format: uuid carrier_name: type: string description: Carrier label (Estes, ODFL, R+L, SAIA, etc.). 1..100 chars. carrier_service: type: string nullable: true description: Service level (Standard LTL, Guaranteed, Volume, etc.). quote_number: type: string nullable: true description: Carrier-issued quote/PRO reference, when available. transit_days: type: integer nullable: true description: Estimated transit in business days. amount: type: number format: float description: Quoted freight cost (USD by default; see currency). currency: type: string default: USD example: USD quoted_at: type: string format: date-time readOnly: true expires_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: Carrier quote validity expiry. accepted_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true readOnly: true description: Non-null on the one accepted quote per order. accepted_by_id: type: string format: uuid nullable: true readOnly: true notes: type: string nullable: true raw_response: type: object nullable: true description: >- Original carrier rate payload (Shippo response object when sourced from Shippo). created_by_id: type: string format: uuid nullable: true readOnly: true created_at: type: string format: date-time readOnly: true updated_at: type: string format: date-time readOnly: true metadata: type: object description: Free-form caller metadata. Default {}. Error: description: | Alias for ErrorEnvelope. Canonical error response shape used by all API endpoints. Refer to ErrorEnvelope for the full field definition. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope' ErrorEnvelope: type: object description: | Canonical error response envelope. All API errors use this shape. required: - error - code properties: error: type: string description: Machine-readable error key example: not_found code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code (often same as error) example: not_found type: type: string enum: - validation_error - permission_error - not_found - conflict - rate_limit - internal - expand_error - not_implemented example: not_found hint: type: string description: Human-readable one-sentence explanation (English) example: >- The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity. param: type: string description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable example: expand[0] required: type: string description: The scope required (only on insufficient_scope errors) example: accounts:read request_id: type: string description: >- Unique request ID for support tracing (maps to CloudWatch log stream) example: req_abc123 responses: Error: description: Error response (400/401/403/404/409/422/429/500) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope' securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: | API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys. Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write). Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent__ Test keys use ark_test_ent__. Both are issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys. ````