Life Couriers is a healthcare logistics provider focused on the transportation of time-critical pharmaceutical, medical, and life science products. The company serves healthcare organizations through specialized logistics for patient care, diagnostics, and clinical research.
To onboard a Life Couriers carrier account, the following pre-requisite is required:
Account Number
User credentials (Username and Password)
LIFE COURIERS supports:
- US domestic single shipments
- US domestic multi-piece shipments
- Rate shopping
- Domestic shipping labels and documents
- Label reprints up to 8 times within 24 hours of shipment creation
- Shipment retries up to 3 times within 3 minutes of the original request
- Future-dated shipments up to 30 days in advance
Limitations:
- International shipping is not supported
- Pickup scheduling is not supported
- Returns are not supported
- Postpay billing is not supported
- Hazmat shipments are not supported
- Invoice logo and signature customization is not supported
- QR code and Barcode labels are not supported
The APIs integrate with roadie through the following operations:
| Operations | Method | Resource Path |
|---|---|---|
| Retrieve Country List | GET | /api/v1/countries |
| Get Carrier Account | GET | /api/v1/carrierAccounts |
| Get Services | GET | /api/v1/services |
| Get Parcel Types | GET | /api/v1/parcelTypes |
| Get Special Services | GET | /api/v1/specialServices |
| Rate a Parcel | POST | /api/v2/rates |
| Create a Shipping Label | POST | /api/v2/shipments |
| Void a Label | POST | /api/v2/shipments/cancel |
| Reprint a Label | GET | /api/v2/shipments/reprint |
Metadata provides information about Life Couriers carrier services, including origin and destination countries, supported carrier services, supported package types, and supported special services. When metadata is available, users can select origin and destination countries from the dropdown menus to view the relevant metadata.