alphaloops-freight-sdk 0.2.0

AlphaLoops Freight SDK — Python client for the FMCSA carrier data API

AlphaLoops Freight SDK

The official Python and TypeScript SDKs for the AlphaLoops FMCSA API.

Look up any carrier in the United States by DOT or MC number and get back 200+ fields of structured data: carrier profiles, fleet composition, inspection history, crash records, authority status, news, and contact intelligence. One API key, one line of code, every carrier in the FMCSA database.

What you get

Resource	What's in it
Carrier Profiles	Legal name, address, insurance, safety rating, power units, drivers, operation type, cargo carried, and 200+ more fields
Fleet Data	Every registered truck and trailer — VIN, make, model year, weight class, engine specs, reefer status
Inspections	Full roadside inspection history with out-of-service counts, violation codes, and BASIC categories
Crashes	Reported crash records — severity, fatalities, injuries, road and weather conditions
Authority	Complete authority history — grants, revocations, reinstatements, pending applications
News	Recent news articles and press mentions for any carrier
Contacts	Decision-makers at carriers — names, titles, seniority levels, verified emails and phone numbers

Installation

Python:

pip install alphaloops-freight-sdk

TypeScript / JavaScript:

npm install alphaloops-freight-sdk

Quick Start

Python

from alphaloops.freight import AlphaLoops

al = AlphaLoops(api_key="ak_...")

# Look up a carrier by DOT number
carrier = al.carriers.get("80806")
print(carrier.legal_name, carrier.power_units)
# J B HUNT TRANSPORT INC 25280

# Search for carriers by name
results = al.carriers.search("JB Hunt")
for r in results.results:
    print(r.legal_name, r.dot_number, r.confidence)

# Fleet data
trucks = al.fleet.trucks("80806")
for truck in trucks.trucks:
    print(truck.vin, truck.make)

# Inspections, crashes, authority, news — it's all there
inspections = al.inspections.list("80806")
crashes = al.crashes.list("80806", severity="FATAL")
authority = al.carriers.authority("80806")
news = al.carriers.news("80806")

# Find decision-makers and get their contact info
contacts = al.contacts.search(dot_number="80806", job_title_levels=["c_suite", "vp"])
enriched = al.contacts.enrich(contacts.contacts[0].id)
print(enriched.email, enriched.phone)

TypeScript

import { AlphaLoops } from 'alphaloops-freight-sdk';

const al = new AlphaLoops({ apiKey: 'ak_...' });

// Look up a carrier by DOT number
const carrier = await al.carriers.get('80806');
console.log(carrier.legal_name, carrier.power_units);

// Search for carriers by name
const results = await al.carriers.search('JB Hunt', { limit: 5 });
for (const r of results.results) {
  console.log(r.legal_name, r.dot_number, r.confidence);
}

// Fleet data
const trucks = await al.fleet.trucks('80806');
for (const truck of trucks.trucks) {
  console.log(truck.vin, truck.make);
}

// Inspections, crashes, authority, news
const inspections = await al.inspections.list('80806');
const crashes = await al.crashes.list('80806', { severity: 'FATAL' });
const authority = await al.carriers.authority('80806');
const news = await al.carriers.news('80806');

// Find decision-makers
const contacts = await al.contacts.search({ dotNumber: '80806', jobTitleLevels: 'c_suite' });
const enriched = await al.contacts.enrich(contacts.contacts[0].id);
console.log(enriched.email, enriched.phone);

Authentication

The SDK resolves your API key in this order:

1. Explicit parameter — AlphaLoops(api_key="ak_...") / new AlphaLoops({ apiKey: 'ak_...' })
2. Environment variable — ALPHALOOPS_API_KEY
3. Config file — ~/.alphaloops

# Option 1: environment variable
export ALPHALOOPS_API_KEY=ak_your_key_here

# Option 2: config file
echo "api_key=ak_your_key_here" > ~/.alphaloops

Get your API key at runalphaloops.com.

API Reference

Carriers — al.carriers

Method	Description
get(dot_number)	Full carrier profile by USDOT number (200+ fields)
get(dot_number, fields="legal_name,power_units")	Field projection — only fetch what you need
get_by_mc(mc_number)	Carrier profile by MC/MX docket number
search(company_name, state=, city=, domain=)	Fuzzy search with confidence scoring
authority(dot_number)	Authority history — grants, revocations, reinstatements
news(dot_number, start_date=, end_date=)	News articles and press mentions

Fleet — al.fleet

Method	Description
trucks(dot_number)	Registered truck fleet — VIN, make, model, engine, weight
trailers(dot_number)	Registered trailers — VIN, manufacturer, type, reefer status

Inspections — al.inspections

Method	Description
list(dot_number)	Roadside inspection history
violations(inspection_id)	Violation details for a specific inspection

Crashes — al.crashes

Method	Description
list(dot_number, severity=, start_date=, end_date=)	Crash history — severity, fatalities, injuries, conditions

Contacts — al.contacts

Method	Description
search(dot_number=, company_name=, job_title_levels=)	Find people at a carrier or company
enrich(contact_id)	Verified emails, phones, work history (1 credit per new lookup)

Pagination

All list endpoints support manual pagination:

page1 = al.carriers.search("JB Hunt", page=1, limit=10)
page2 = al.carriers.search("JB Hunt", page=2, limit=10)

Auto-pagination iterators handle paging automatically:

Python:

for truck in al.fleet.trucks_iter("80806", limit=200):
    print(truck.vin)

TypeScript:

for await (const truck of al.fleet.trucksIter('80806', { limit: 200 })) {
  console.log(truck.vin);
}

Schema-Free Responses

Both SDKs return schema-free response objects. No rigid types to maintain — the data you get is exactly what the API returns, with dot-access for convenience.

Python — APIObject (dict subclass):

carrier = al.carriers.get("80806")
carrier.legal_name           # dot-access
carrier["legal_name"]        # dict access
"power_units" in carrier     # membership test
list(carrier.keys())         # all fields
carrier.to_dict()            # plain dict (recursively unwraps nested objects)
carrier.to_json(indent=2)    # JSON string

TypeScript — plain objects:

const carrier = await al.carriers.get('80806');
carrier.legal_name           // dot-access
carrier['legal_name']        // bracket access
Object.keys(carrier)         // all fields
JSON.stringify(carrier)      // serialize

Error Handling

Both SDKs share the same error hierarchy:

Error	HTTP Status	When
AlphaLoopsAuthError	401	Invalid or missing API key
AlphaLoopsNotFoundError	404	Carrier or resource not found
AlphaLoopsRateLimitError	429	Rate limit exceeded (auto-retried)
AlphaLoopsPaymentError	402	Enrichment credits exhausted
AlphaLoopsPendingError	202	Contacts still being fetched (auto-retried)
AlphaLoopsAPIError	Other	Generic API error with status code

The SDK automatically retries on transient errors (5xx, timeouts, connection errors) with exponential backoff. Rate limit (429) responses are retried after the Retry-After delay. You almost never need to handle these yourself.

Configuration

Python:

al = AlphaLoops(
    api_key="ak_...",
    base_url="https://api.runalphaloops.com",
    timeout=30,
    max_retries=3,
    retry_base_delay=1.0,
)

TypeScript:

const al = new AlphaLoops({
  apiKey: 'ak_...',
  baseUrl: 'https://api.runalphaloops.com',
  timeout: 30,
  maxRetries: 3,
  retryBaseDelay: 1.0,
});

Learn More

• API Documentation — runalphaloops.com/fmcsa-api/docs
• Get an API Key — runalphaloops.com
• AlphaLoops — Freight intelligence infrastructure for the modern supply chain

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.