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BradElmore's avatar
BradElmore
Qrew Assistant Captain
6 years ago

Grad Freight Quote

I would like to create an app that will all me to compare rate quotes from several different carriers. I have a sales order that needs to be shipped --- I would like to have a "Get Quotes" button on my sales order form ---

that once it is click --- 
- API call goes out to my carrier -- provides the required info for the quote -- then pulls the quote info back into qbase creating a child quote record and inserting the quote data and saving.

I multiple shippers so I would have multiple API calls going out.

I believe Quickbase Webhooks and Quickbase actions would be required.

Any advice?

FYI: Currently doing this in excel via (VBA code) 

Thank you

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Brad Elmore
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  • MariaPeralta's avatar
    MariaPeralta
    Community Manager
    6 years ago
    Hi Brad,

    In theory this is possible, however sending out multiple requests to multiple destinations with one click is giving me some pause because I know that there are limits to the size of a request. If you were sending an http request out to one vender it would seem a much more plausible scenario. . Since you want to get multiple quotes and record them all as individual records with one click this gets much more complex. I think your best bet would be to engage a Quick Base partner. Partners can create custom solutions tailored for your specific issue. If you're interested in trying out a partner solution you can search our partner database here: https://www.quickbase.com/partners/find-a-partner 

    Thanks!

    https://help.quickbase.com/user-assistance/quickbase_limits.html





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    Maria Peralta
    Quick Base
    Cambridge MA
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