Connect to the CargoWise API with Parabola

Learn how to connect CargoWise with Parabola via its API, along with practical use cases the connection allows for.
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Gray Levine
Last updated:
May 14, 2025

Parabola's CargoWise API enables logistics companies to automate their data workflows and streamline their operations. This powerful connection allows businesses to efficiently process and analyze data from CargoWise's comprehensive logistics platform, improving visibility and operational efficiency.

How do I connect via API?

  1. Connect your CargoWise account to Parabola by navigating to the integrations page and selecting CargoWise from the available options
  2. Authenticate your account using your CargoWise credentials and grant necessary permissions
  3. Select the data you want to pull from CargoWise (shipment tracking, inventory levels, customs documentation, etc.)
  4. Configure your flow in Parabola by adding transformation steps to process your logistics data
  5. Set up automated triggers to run your flow on a schedule or when new data is available

What is CargoWise?

CargoWise is a comprehensive logistics execution platform developed by WiseTech Global. It's designed to enable logistics service providers to execute highly complex transactions and manage their operations across the supply chain with a single, global integrated platform.

What does CargoWise do?

CargoWise provides end-to-end logistics solutions including freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing, shipping, tracking, land transport, e-commerce, and cross-border compliance. Their single-platform solution API enables real-time visibility, workflow automation, and comprehensive reporting across the entire supply chain.

What is Parabola?

Parabola is a workflow builder that makes it easy to organize and transform messy data from anywhere—even PDFs, emails, and spreadsheets—so you can automate the work you thought would always be manual. Teams at fast-moving companies like Brooklinen, Flexport, and Uber Freight use Parabola to save hundreds of hours and focus on what matters most. Whether it's reconciling inventory across multiple 3PLs, auditing invoices, or manually exporting the same report every Monday, Parabola gives teams the power to automate it—all without needing engineering support.

What can I do with the API connection?

Customs Compliance Automation

Automatically extract and process customs documentation data from CargoWise, ensuring compliance across different jurisdictions while reducing manual processing time and errors.

Multi-Region Operations Reporting

Create consolidated reports combining data from multiple CargoWise regions and operations, providing comprehensive visibility into global logistics operations.

Financial Data Integration

Streamline the processing of financial data from CargoWise, automatically generating invoices, tracking payments, and reconciling accounts across different operations and regions.

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Parabola is an AI-powered workflow builder that makes it easy to organize and transform messy data from anywhere—even PDFs, emails, and spreadsheets—so your team can finally tackle the projects that used to feel impossible.

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With Parabola, you can automate any process across spreadsheets, emails, PDFs, & siloed systems. Whether it’s reconciling data across systems or generating the same report every week, Parabola gives teams the power to automate it—all without IT support.

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The best Parabola use cases are recurring processes that involve complex logic and messy data coming from multiple data sources. In practice, this could look like auditing invoice PDFs, generating recurring reports, or alerting the team of discrepancies.

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Teams at Brooklinen, On Running, Flexport, Vuori, and hundreds more use Parabola to automate the work they thought would always be manual. Explore more on our customer stories page.

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