---
title: "Create Load Boost"
method: POST
path: "/loadmanagement/v2/load/boost"
tags: ["Manage your loads"]
---

# Create Load Boost

`POST /loadmanagement/v2/load/boost`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api-int.truckstop.com`
- URL: `https://api-int.truckstop.com/loadmanagement/v2/load/boost`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Creates a new boost for an existing, active load. Load Boost temporarily promotes a load's visibility to carriers for a fixed 30-minute window. Only one active boost may exist per load at a time. Requires broker-level authorization.

## Request body

- CreateLoadBoostRequest
  - `loadId` string, uuid, required: The ID of the load to boost.
  - `unboostedDate` string, date-time, nullable: Accepted in the request body but ignored on create. The server always sets the boost window to 30 minutes from request time.

## Response `201`

Load boost created successfully.

- LoadBoost
  - `id` string, uuid
  - `loadId` string, uuid
  - `userId` string, uuid
  - `durationMinutes` integer: Boost duration in minutes. Default is 30.
  - `boostedFrom` string, date-time: The moment the boost started in UTC.
  - `boostedTo` string, date-time: The moment the boost ends in UTC.
  - `createdDate` string, date-time
  - `updatedDate` string, date-time
  - `unboostedDate` string, date-time, nullable: Set when the boost is manually ended early via update. Null on fresh create.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request. Possible error codes: 1833 (missing/invalid loadId or account does not own the load), 1952 (active boost already exists), 1953 (boost record could not be saved).
- `403`: Forbidden. Possible error code: 1833 (authenticated account lacks load boosting permissions).
- `404`: Not Found. Possible error code: 1700 (load not found or deleted).
- `500`: Internal Server Error. Possible error code: 1951 (unexpected failure creating the boost).
- `502`: Bad Gateway. An upstream dependency was unavailable.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/truckstop/apis/load-management.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/truckstop/apis/load-management/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/truckstop/apis/load-management/revisions/778835277748?raw)