Set up a connection to 3PL Central

3PL Central link: API guide and Authentication

1. Set up a 3PL Central connection

Start establishing a connection to 3PL Central in either of the following ways:

• From the Resources menu, select Connections. Then, click + Create connection at the top right.
      – or –
• While working in a new or existing integration, you can add an application to a flow simply by clicking Add source or Add destination.

In the resulting Application list, click 3PL Central.

The Create connection pane then asks you to name the new connection.

Be sure to provide a clear and distinguishable Name as soon as the connection is created. Throughout integrator.io imports and exports, you will have the option to choose this new connection, and a unique identifier will prove helpful later when selecting among a list of connections that you’ve created.

Click Next to configure the connection.

2. Supply required 3PL Central account information

At this point, you’re presented with a series of options for providing 3PL Central authentication.

Important: Besides the Name, these required settings are all provided to you by 3PL Central. If you have not received REST API access to 3PL Central Customer Success Manager, contact your 3PL Central Warehouse to submit a request.

3PL GUID (required): Enter the GUID – with or without the {braces} – as provided to you by 3PL Central.

User login ID (required): Enter the user login ID, or authorization key, provided to you by 3PL Central.

iClient (required): Select the iClient pair that stores the client ID and client secret provided to you by 3PL Central. To add an iClient and configure your credentials, click the plus (+) button. Click the edit ( ) button to modify a selected iClient. Be sure to give the iClient a recognizable name for use in any other connections. 

3. Edit advanced 3PL Central settings

Before continuing, you have the opportunity to provide additional configuration information, if needed, for the 3PL Central connection. 

Borrow concurrency from (optional): Select another connection from the list....

Concurrency level (optional): Up to 25 allowed....

4. Test and save

Once you have configured the 3PL Central connection, you have a few options for continuing:

• Test – click this button to verify that your new connection is free of errors
• Test and save – click this button to test the connection, commit the new connection so that it will be available to all integrations for your account 
• Cancel – click to exit without saving any new changes

When you select Test or Test and save, the connection is verified before continuing.

The new connection is now successfully added to your account. It will be applied to the current source or destination app, if you created it within a flow. Otherwise, you may proceed to register the connection with an integration.