Wholesale Web Services Requirements Overview

TireConnect supports wide range of industry standard protocols and connectivity methods.

Outlined below are general requirements which will provide TireConnect platform with the ability to inquire on behalf of a specific dealer with a tire size or part number(s) and receive matching tires with quantity and dealer’s cost.

Dealer Authentication

All industry standard methods are supported and acceptable. 

Required Methods / Endpoints

Search by size

 Request structure

 Required

1. width 

2. profile

3. rim

Optional

1. locations[] (locations ids) - several IDs can be transferred

2. min_quantity

 Request example

{
  "width": 205,
  "profile": 55,
  "rim": 16,
  "locations": [1,2
  ],
  "min_quantity": 1
}

Response structure

 List of tires

• brand

• part_number (manufacturer part number, IMPORTANT: should not contain any other characters)

• quantity breakdown (if present)

  • location 1

  • location 2

• cost

• retail_price (if applicable)

• fet (The Federal Excise Tax (if applicable))

 Response example

[
 {
  "part_number": "000094",
  "brand": "Bridgestone",
  "retail_price": 25.5,
  "cost": 20,
  "fet": 18.4,
  "locations": [
              {
                "name": "Location 1",
                “id”: 1, 
                "quantity": 4
              },
              {
                "name": "Location 2",
                “id”: 2,
                "quantity": 4
              }
              ]
  }
]

Search by part numbers

 Request structure

 Required

• part_numbers[] (multiple part numbers should be supported)

Optional

• locations (locations ids) - several IDs can be transferred

• min_quantity

 Request example

{
  "part_numbers": [
    "000094"
  ],
  "locations": [1,2
  ],
  "min_quantity": 1
}

Response structure (identical to search by size response)

 List of tires

• brand

• part_number (manufacturer part number, IMPORTANT: should not contain any other characters)

• quantity breakdown (if present)

  • location 1

  • location 2

• cost

• retail_price (if applicable)

• fet (The Federal Excise Tax (if applicable))

 Response example

[
 {
  "part_number": "000094",
  "brand": "Bridgestone",
  "retail_price": 25.5,
  "cost": 20,
  "fet": 18.4,
  "locations": [
              {
                "name": "Location 1",
                “id”: 1, 
                "quantity": 4
              },
              {
                "name": "Location 2",
                “id”: 2,
                "quantity": 4
              }
              ]
  }
]

Additional Methods

Get List of Dealer’s Locations

 Request structure

1. authentication credentials (whichever are applicable) 

2. location ID (optional, required only if sister stores are available)

Response structure

List of Locations []

Response example

{ "locations": [
  {
  "name": "Location 1",
  “id”: 1
  },
  {
  "name": "Location 2",
  "id": 2
  }
]
}

Submit an order

Request structure

1. po_number

2. items (multiple tires can be passed)

   1. part_number

   2. brand

   3. quantity

   4. location (if applicable)

3. delivery type

4. delivery instructions

Request example

{
  "po_number": "PO Number",
  "items": [
    {
      "part_number": "000094",
      "brand": "Bridgestone",
      "quantity": 4,
      "location": 1
    }
  ],
  "delivery_type": 1,
  "delivery_instructions": "Please deliver ASAP"
}

Response structure

1. order_number (order or invoice number)

2. status

3. items

4. error

5. shipping_cost (if applicable)

6. fet (The Federal Excise Tax (if applicable))

Response example

{
  "order_number": 1236434,
  "status": "Processing",
  "items": [
    {
      "part_number": "000094",
      "quantity": 4,
      "price": 25.67,
      "fet": 18.04
      "brand": "Bridgestone"
    }
  ],
  "shipping_cost": 13.57,
  "error": null
}

Get order status

Request structure

1. order_number

Request example

{
  "order_number": 1236434
}

Response structure

1. order_number

2. status

3. error

Response example

{
  "order_number": 1236434,
  "status": "Received",
  "error": null
}

Get delivery options

Request structure

1. location_id

2. brand

3. part_number

4. quantity

Request example

{
  "brand": "Bridgestone",
  "part_number": "000009",
  "location_id": 1,
  "quantity": 4
}

Response structure

1. name - delivery method name

2. id - delivery method id

3. shipping_cost - actual shipping cost for provided tire qty from selected location

4. delivery_date - estimated delivery date

5. cutoff - delivery cutoff time

Response example

{ "delivery_options": [
  {
  "name": "UPS",
  “id”: 1,
  "shipping_cost": 89.41,
  "delivery_date": "2023–01–01T10:12:29-03:00",
  "cutoff": "11:00"
  },
  {
  "name": "FedEx",
  “id”: 2,
  "shipping_cost": 122.41,
  "delivery_date": "2022–01–02T10:12:29-03:00",
  "cutoff": "11:00"
  },
  {
  "name": "Our Truck",
  “id”: 3,
  "shipping_cost": 52.41,
  "delivery_date": "2022–01–03T10:12:29-03:00",
  "cutoff": "11:00"
  },
  {
  "name": "PickUp",
  “id”: 4,
  "shipping_cost": 0,
  "delivery_date": "2022–01–04T10:12:29-03:00",
  "cutoff": "11:00"
  }
]
}