SDKs & Sample Apps for Freight Forwarders: Build Faster with Real Code
Whether you're integrating shipment tracking, automating quoting, or embedding client portals into your CRM, our SDKs and examples help you launch faster with confidence.
What Is a Freight Forwarding SDK? 📦🧰
An SDK (Software Development Kit) is a collection of tools, libraries, and documentation that helps developers integrate freight functionality into their own software.
Our freight forwarding SDK includes:
- Prebuilt functions for API calls (quotes, shipments, documents)
- Authentication handlers using JWT
- JSON response normalizers
- Helpers for pagination, filtering, and error handling
- Environment-ready configs (dev, staging, production)
Compatible with Node.js, Python, PHP, and .NET.
Sample App 1: Freight Dashboard (React + Node.js) 🚀
Live preview: Coming Soon
GitHub repo: github.com/linbis/freight-dashboard-react
This sample app shows how to:
- Authenticate with the Linbis Freight API
- Display a dashboard of active shipments
- Show live status by color and ETA
- Allow users to search by customer or container ID
- Export shipments to CSV
✅ Built with React, Node.js, and Axios. Mobile-ready and clean UI.
Sample App 2: Quote Calculator Widget (Vanilla JS) 💰
GitHub repo: github.com/linbis/quote-widget-js
A lightweight embeddable widget to calculate freight rates and send them via API. Ideal for:
- Embedding in WordPress or Shopify sites
- Capturing quote requests without forms
- Auto-generating draft bookings
- Localizing in English, Spanish, or French
✨ Includes styling hooks for your brand.
Sample App 3: API Monitor & Logs (Python + Flask) 🔍
GitHub repo: github.com/linbis/api-monitor-python
Monitor webhooks, log shipment events, and display API status in a secure internal dashboard.
Features:
- Secure JWT listener
- Webhook subscription manager
- Re-delivery tester
- Slack/Teams alerts for delivery failures
- Basic auth and role-based views
🧪 Perfect for testing and staging environments.
Why SDKs Save Development Time ⏱️
Without an SDK, your devs must:
- Write raw HTTP calls
- Manually handle auth tokens
- Build JSON mappers from scratch
- Maintain error validation logic
- Update endpoints as the API evolves
With the SDK, it’s plug-in, authenticate, and go.
🔧 Focus on logic and UI—not backend plumbing.
Built for Freight-Focused Dev Teams 👨💻📦
These SDKs and apps were created with feedback from actual freight companies and developers. They’re designed to:
- Reduce dev hours by 60–80%
- Speed up onboarding for junior devs
- Create consistency across integrations
- Keep your app in sync with API changes
📚 Each repo includes full documentation, environment setup guides, and sample .env files to get you live in minutes.
Ready to Start Building?
Whether you’re launching a client-facing portal or connecting your TMS to a modern freight API, our SDKs and sample apps are ready to go.
👉 Clone repo and start building with confidence—your freight workflows just got a whole lot easier.