URL Validation API is a security-focused tool used to verify and validate URL entries submitted within logistics forms, supplier portals, or ERP records. It ensures that links entered into systems, such as document references, tracking links, or vendor websites, are accurate, accessible, and safe. This reduces the risk of broken links, phishing threats, or incorrect URLs disrupting workflows across the logistics environment.
How URL Validation API Works in Logistics?
The API integrates with form fields, input portals, or backend databases in ERP or TMS platforms. When a URL is entered, it checks the structure, accessibility, and safety of the link. It verifies the format (HTTP/HTTPS), tests whether the site is reachable, and cross-references against threat databases to detect malicious links. If a link fails validation, the API rejects or flags it for correction, ensuring clean, reliable entries in the system.
URL Input Oversight
Format Validation
Checks whether submitted URLs meet required protocols (e.g., HTTPS) and proper formatting to avoid user error or system misinterpretation.
Live Accessibility Check
Pings each URL to confirm that it is reachable and functional, preventing broken links in logistics records and documents.
Malware & Phishing Screening
Cross-references input URLs against known threat databases to block suspicious links and ensure safe communication with external sites.
Auto-Correction Suggestions
Detects common typos or misspellings in URLs and offers corrected options to help users input valid, secure links.
System-Wide Integration
Validates URLs entered into any ERP field, shipment note, carrier reference, or third-party integration to ensure consistency.
Conclusion
URL Validation API secures the digital layer of logistics systems by verifying every link shared, submitted, or stored. For platforms like Cargo Docket, it improves data hygiene, protects users from external threats, and ensures that critical logistics links, like tracking pages or online documentation, always lead to the right place at the right time.