Logistics Truck Loadboard Rate

{
  "availabilityScale": "1 = surplus of trucks, 3 = adequate, 5 = shortage",
  "averageUsdPerMile": 3.28,
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:37:59.700Z",
  "lanes": [
    {
      "availability": 3,
      "commodities": "ANISE, ARTICHOKES, BEETS, BLACKBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES, BOK CHOY, BROCCOLI, BRUSSELS SPROUTS, CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER, CELERY, CHINESE CABBAGE, CILANTRO, KALE GREENS, GREEN LETTUCE LEAF, ICEBERG LETTUCE, RED LETTUCE LEAF, ROMAINE LETTUCE, PARSLEY, RASPBERRIES, SPINACH",
      "destination": "CHICAGO",
      "highUsd": 7290,
      "lowUsd": 6885,
      "midpointUsd": 7087.5,
      "miles": 2030,
      "origin": "IMPERIAL, COACHELLA VALLEYS CA, CENTRAL AND WESTERN AZ, MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH CALEXICO AND SAN LUIS",
      "region": "CALIFORNIA",
      "usdPerMile": 3.49
    },
    {
      "availability": 3,
      "commodities": "CARROTS",
      "destination": "CHICAGO",
      "highUsd": 7525,
      "lowUsd": 7100,
      "midpointUsd": 7312.5,
      "miles": 2030,
      "origin": "KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA",
      "region": "CALIFORNIA",
      "usdPerMile": 3.6
    }
  ],
  "lanesFound": 5,
  "source": "https://agtransport.usda.gov/resource/acar-e3r8.json",
  "weekEnding": "2026-10-20"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev/api/logistics/truck-loadboard-rate?destination=CHICAGO&region=CALIFORNIA'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev/api/logistics/truck-loadboard-rate?destination=CHICAGO&region=CALIFORNIA' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.002 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.002" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.002 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev%2Fapi%2Flogistics%2Ftruck-loadboard-rate
const res = await pay("https://api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev/api/logistics/truck-loadboard-rate?destination=CHICAGO&region=CALIFORNIA");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.002 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.002"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev/api/logistics/truck-loadboard-rate?destination=CHICAGO&region=CALIFORNIA")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)