EDI API

JSON/CSV in, X12 out — with real-time validation, webhooks, and partner visibility.

Integrate EDI with a modern API surface. SignalEDI handles mapping, instant validation, acknowledgements, readiness, monitoring, and exceptions so developers can ship partner workflows without inheriting legacy EDI complexity.

REST patternsWebhooksX12 outputNo per-document fees

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What is SignalEDI?

Definition

SignalEDI: SignalEDI is an AI-first EDI and API integration platform for small and mid-sized businesses that need fast, simple, affordable partner-mandate connectivity. This API integration page explains how developers send JSON or EDI payloads, receive validation responses, and keep partner-ready X12 workflows connected to pricing and trust paths.

Key takeaways

Post JSON, CSV, or raw X12 — receive structured validation and readiness responses.
Webhooks and dashboard status keep engineering and operations aligned.
Transparent pricing with no per-document fees on Growth and Enterprise.

Developer activation timeline

Prepare your API integration for partner onboarding in days. Partner approval can still take longer.

Build with modern API patterns while SignalEDI prepares mapping, validation, readiness checks, exception routing, and partner requirements.

Your side

Days

Prepared

1Generate API key

2Send first test payload

3AI mapping

4AI validation

5AI readiness

6AI test cycles

Partner Side (manual)

1-6 weeks

Manual review

1Partner review

2Partner onboarding rep

3Partner testing

4Partner approval

Platform overview

API-first EDI with healthcare, pricing, and operations proof on one platform.

SignalEDI gives SMB teams real-time processing, instant validation, HIPAA-compliant healthcare workflows, QuickBooks-friendly handoffs, and transparent pricing without per-document fees — without VAN quote walls.

HIPAABAA pathSecure APINo document feesQuickBooksAPI docs

API-first

JSON/CSV intake, X12 output, REST APIs, and webhooks for modern teams

Real-time

validation, acknowledgement, route health, and exception visibility

$0/doc

no per-document fees; Growth and Enterprise include unlimited transactions

Why SignalEDI

Built for mandate-driven onboarding.

SignalEDI is the platform for mapping, validation, compliance checks, readiness scoring, exception routing, and monitoring so your team knows what is missing and when you are ready — without a purple AI demo wall.

API-first

Create keys, post JSON/CSV or EDI samples, and receive structured validation responses.

X12 output

Generate partner-ready EDI while preserving a modern integration contract.

Real-time webhooks

Track validation, acknowledgements, route health, readiness, and exceptions from one place.

Transparent pricing

No per-document fees, with unlimited transactions on Growth and Enterprise.

AI-assisted onboarding

Your side can reach partner-ready setup in days, not weeks. Partner approval can still take longer.

SignalEDI makes the handoff clear: AI agents complete the work you control now, while partner review remains the manual dependency.

Phase 1

Your Side (AI-powered)

Days, not weeks

1AI mapping

2AI validation

3AI compliance checks

4AI partner configuration

5AI production readiness

Phase 2

Partner Side (manual)

1-6 weeks

1Partner review

2Partner onboarding rep

3Partner testing

4Partner approval

Timeline integration

AI runs the first phase. Partners own the manual wait.

The same orchestration sequence powers the days-not-weeks customer-side phase before the 1-6 week partner-side process.

AI active

Days-not-weeks AI prep

Manual

1-6w partner review

AI active

Ready before approval

Onboarding path

Three steps from mandate to partner-ready setup.

The old world was manual mapping, manual validation, manual readiness, and weeks of uncertainty. The breakthrough is finishing your side first while partner approval stays on their calendar.

Connect your system

Use API, SFTP, file upload, or QuickBooks context so agents know your source data.

Upload a sample document

AI agents map, validate, check compliance, test, and score readiness.

Prepared before partner approval

Finish the setup work your team controls while the partner completes manual review.

Open onboarding checklist

Readiness evidence

Evidence that your side is prepared before partner approval finishes.

Scorecards, event feeds, and the activation funnel show what is complete, what still needs review, and what still depends on partner-side approval.

Readiness scorecard

What operators can inspect before partner approval.

Reviewable

2.6h

Time to readiness

Customer-side average

18m

First validation

AI rule and compliance pass

54m

First test cycle

AI-prepared samples

94%

Production readiness

AI readiness score

87%

AI automation

Mapping, validation, compliance, exceptions

Example readiness states

How customer-side work stays visible while partners review.

Retail 850 setup

Ready in 2h 12m · Partner pending

partner-review

Mapped 850Validated ASN rulesScored readiness 94%

Healthcare 837 setup

Ready in 1h 18m · First test file ready

testing

Validated HIPAA X12Generated test cycleExplained payer gaps

QuickBooks 810 setup

Ready in 48m · Invoice draft ready

ready

Prepared invoice fieldsChecked totalsFlagged posting controls

Activation funnel model

From setup to readiness, with partner approval clearly separated.

Percentages are of customers who start onboarding — partner approval stays on the partner's timeline.

Setup

100%

Validation

92%

Mapping

88%

Testing

80%

Readiness

74%

Partner approval

42%

42% of customers who start onboarding reach partner-side approval

Visual proof

API orchestration with AI mapping, validation, readiness, exception handling, webhooks, and monitoring.

A consistent operating layer for API-first EDI: instant validation, HIPAA-compliant healthcare workflows, real-time monitoring, and reviewable accounting handoffs.

Partner onboarding

Partner setup and monitoring

Your side: ready

Mapping

Ready

Partner config

Scored

Readiness

94%

Onboarding orchestrationDays, not weeks

Connect your system

Upload a sample document

Prepared before partner approval

Operating signals

API-first

JSON/CSV intake, X12 output, REST APIs, and webhooks for modern teams

Real-time

validation, acknowledgement, route health, and exception visibility

$0/doc

no per-document fees; Growth and Enterprise include unlimited transactions

Exception queue

SKU map repaired

ASN carton warning routed

Payer enrollment waiting on partner

API quickstart

Five steps from first key to your side is ready.

Keep your app focused on API calls. SignalEDI handles EDI mapping, validation, readiness checks, exception routing, and partner preparation in the background.

Create API key

Use a familiar developer workflow: keys, HTTP, JSON, EDI text, and visible responses.

POST sample EDI or JSON

Use a familiar developer workflow: keys, HTTP, JSON, EDI text, and visible responses.

AI maps and validates the payload

Autonomous agents prepare the EDI-specific work your app should not have to own.

AI prepares partner requirements

Autonomous agents prepare the EDI-specific work your app should not have to own.

Your side is ready

Your side is ready before partner-side manual approval finishes.

First API call

curl -X POST https://signaledi.com/api/v1/documents/outbound \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNALEDI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "partnerId": "retailer-123",
    "documentTypeCode": "850",
    "payload": { "poNumber": "PO-1042" }
  }'

Send familiar payloads. SignalEDI turns them into partner-ready EDI work with AI-assisted validation and readiness checks.

API activation targets

Developer speed with EDI readiness built in.

Target windows for the API activation path. Actual time varies with payload quality and partner spec depth; figures describe what the workflow is designed to complete, not measured per-customer averages.

First API call

Target

Key to accepted payload

Time to mapping

19m

Target

AI schema and X12 mapping

Time to validation

14m

Target

Payload and EDI checks

Time to readiness

Days

Target

Customer-side readiness target

AI automation

High

Target

Mapping, validation, exceptions

Partner timeline reality check

Prepare the API integration in days. Partner approval runs on their calendar.

SignalEDI prepares the integration work your team controls: API payloads, EDI mapping, validation, readiness checks, test cycles, and exception handling. Trading partners typically need 1–6 weeks for review, testing, and approval.

Your side

Days

SignalEDI prepares the work your integration controls.

Partner side

1-6w

Manual review, partner testing, and approval.

Code samples

Clear examples for payloads, transformation, validation, and errors.

Use these examples to understand the developer workflow. The underlying API behavior stays unchanged.

JSON payload

Example

POST /api/edi/documents
{
  "partner": "retailer-123",
  "documentType": "850",
  "payload": {
    "poNumber": "PO-1042",
    "items": [{ "sku": "A100", "quantity": 12 }]
  }
}

EDI payload

Example

POST /api/edi/documents
Content-Type: text/plain

ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*SENDER         *ZZ*PARTNER        *240501*1200*U*00401*000000001*0*T*>~
GS*PO*SENDER*PARTNER*20240501*1200*1*X*004010~
ST*850*0001~

Transformation example

Example

{
  "source": "850",
  "target": "order.created",
  "aiMapping": "ready",
  "fields": {
    "BEG03": "order.poNumber",
    "PO107": "lineItems[].sku"
  }
}

Validation response

Example

{
  "status": "validated",
  "readinessScore": 94,
  "aiTasksCompleted": ["mapping", "validation", "partner_requirements"],
  "nextStep": "partner_test_cycle"
}

Error handling

Example

{
  "status": "needs_attention",
  "code": "MISSING_REQUIRED_FIELD",
  "field": "N104",
  "suggestedFix": "Add partner location identifier before resubmitting."
}

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Pricing preview

Transparent monthly pricing. No per-document fees.

Every paid plan includes 837/835/270/271 healthcare workflows. Growth and Enterprise include unlimited transactions, with no per-document fees and clear monthly pricing.

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Developer API FAQ

Can I send JSON instead of raw X12?

Yes. Post JSON or CSV payloads and receive validation responses while SignalEDI handles X12 mapping and partner-ready output.

How fast can my side be ready?

API integration and AI-assisted mapping often complete in days on your side; partner approval calendars typically run 1–6 weeks after that.

Where are webhook and API docs?

Start at /docs and /developers for REST patterns, webhooks, and validation response examples.

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Wire your first payload, review validation responses, and keep partner timelines visible from one platform.

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