---
title: "Lookup Vendor Carrier"
method: POST
path: "/v2/tms/carriers/{external_reference_id}/vendor-carrier-lookup"
tags: ["v2", "tms", "carriers"]
---

# Lookup Vendor Carrier

`POST /v2/tms/carriers/{external_reference_id}/vendor-carrier-lookup`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mentium.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.mentium.io/v2/tms/carriers/{external_reference_id}/vendor-carrier-lookup`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Ask the workspace's own Highway / MyCarrierPackets / Genlogs connection for this carrier's contacts; the answer is kept on the shared carrier (ENG-2461).

## Path parameters

- `external_reference_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `integration_connection_id` string, required

## Headers

- `mentium-workspace-id` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- VendorCarrierLookupResponse: The result of asking the broker's own Highway / MyCarrierPackets / Genlogs connection for a carrier's contacts.
  - `status` 'FOUND' | 'NOTHING_FOUND' | 'NO_CONNECTION' | 'NO_DOT', required: How an on-demand vendor lookup for a carrier's contacts ended (ENG-2461).
  - `contacts_found` integer
  - `vendors_called` string[]
  - `contacts` SharedCarrierContactSchema[]
    - `id` string, required
    - `contact_type` string, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `job_title` string, nullable
    - `phone_numbers` string[]
    - `email_addresses` string[]
    - `data_origins` MentiumTmsDataOrigin[]

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/mentium/apis/mentium-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/mentium/apis/mentium-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/mentium/apis/mentium-api/revisions/b4ed8e59432e?raw)