Manifest AI Developer Documentation
Integrate freight-document processing, structured results, Excel exports, and signed webhooks with the Manifest AI API.
The Manifest AI API lets a server submit freight PDFs, track durable processing, retrieve structured document data, download Excel workbooks, and receive signed status events. API records use the same workspace, credits, retention controls, and portal history as manual uploads.
Integration workflow
A production integration has four steps.
- 1. Authenticate
- Create a scoped server-side key in Dashboard → API. Never expose the key in browser code.
- 2. Submit
- Send a PDF with a stable Idempotency-Key. A successful new request returns HTTP 202.
- 3. Observe
- Poll the document resource or receive a signed webhook when status changes.
- 4. Consume
- Read retained JSON data or download the generated Excel workbook.
Plan availability
Developer API access is included with Scale and Custom plans.
Free Validation and Professional use the secure web workspace. Scale includes production API access and signed webhooks. Custom supports agreed limits and integration requirements.
Start here
Complete the quickstart, then read the production security pages before launch.
- Run the first document quickstart.
- Choose least-privilege key scopes.
- Implement idempotent submission and retry handling.
- Verify webhook signatures against the raw request body.
- Review quotas, retention, versioning, and deletion behavior.