Connecting the Real Time Shipping Quotes app to R+L Carriers consists of the following steps:

  1. Obtain an API Key from R+L Carriers.
  2. Connect the application to the R+L Carriers API.

1. Obtain an API Key from R+L Carriers

You must have an R+L Carriers account number to use this app. If you don’t have one, contact R+L Carriers at 800-543-5589.

Your R+L Carriers account must be enabled to accept external rate requests for the R+L LTL Freight Quotes app to work. To enable your account, you must have a MyRLC Username & Password. If you don’t, click here to access a form to request them.

To enable your account to accept external rate requests, sign into R+L Carriers and navigate to Resources > API Overview. Scroll down to the Ready to Get Started? section located at the bottom of the page, and click on the Access API Key button.

R+L Carriers Get API Access Key

You may be prompted to complete a form titled, Update API Tool Contacts. If so, complete the form and click the Save button to continue.

At the conclusion of the process you’ll be presented with a page that contains your API Key.

R+L Carriers API Key

Copy the API Key so that you have it to enable the app’s connection to your R+L account.

2. Connect the application to the R+L Carriers API.

Click on R+L Carriers in the app’s navigation menu to access the shipping provider settings.

The Connection Settings page is used to establish the app’s connection to R+L’s Application Programming Interface (API). Enter the information prompted for, then click Save Settings. After the settings have been saved, click on the Test Connection button. You’ll see a success message if the app was able to establish a connection with the R+L servers. If the test failed, something about your connection settings information is incorrect. Make the necessary corrections and try again.

After you succeed at establishing successful connections to the R+L servers, return to the User’s Guide for the app.

BigCommerce R+L Carriers Connection Settings
Customer Account Number Your R+L Carriers’ account number. If you don’t have one please contact R+L Carrier’s to obtain one.
Username The username issued to you by R+L Carriers’ to access their online shipping system located at rlcarriers.com
Password The password associated with the provided username.
Authentication Key The API Key issued by R+L Carriers. If you completed Step 1 of these instructions, the API key can be found by logging into R+L Carriers and navigating to Resources > B2B Tools > B2B Tools Setup.