AlphaLoops FMCSA Carrier Data API Inspections API
The Inspections API from AlphaLoops FMCSA Carrier Data API — 2 operation(s) for inspections.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: AlphaLoops FMCSA Carrier Data Inspections API
version: 1.0.0
description: 'Fleet intelligence API for looking up FMCSA-registered carriers by DOT number, MC number, or company name. Access carrier profiles with 200+ fields, safety data, authority history, fleet equipment, inspections, crashes, news, and decision-maker contacts.
Base URL: https://api.runalphaloops.com
API access is available exclusively on the Enterprise plan. Contact sales at https://runalphaloops.com/contact to get your API key.'
contact:
name: AlphaLoops
url: https://runalphaloops.com/contact
email: hello@runalphaloop.com
servers:
- url: https://api.runalphaloops.com
description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Inspections
paths:
/v1/inspections/{inspection_id}/violations:
get:
operationId: getInspectionViolations
summary: Get violations for a specific inspection
description: Retrieve all violations from a specific roadside inspection. Use the inspection report number returned from the Inspections endpoint.
parameters:
- name: inspection_id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: The inspection report number
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
- name: limit
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
default: 25
maximum: 100
description: 'Results per page (default: 25, max: 100)'
responses:
'200':
description: Paginated violation records
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ViolationsResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
tags:
- Inspections
/v1/inspections/vin/{vin}:
get:
operationId: getVinInspectionHistory
summary: Get inspection history for a VIN
description: Look up the inspection history for a VIN. Returns the unique DOT numbers the VIN has been associated with (with last date seen on each), plus the unique FIPS-coded county locations where the VIN has been inspected. Capped at the 5,000 most-recent inspections; successful responses are edge-cached for 24h.
parameters:
- name: vin
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Vehicle Identification Number (case-insensitive — normalized to uppercase server-side)
responses:
'200':
description: VIN inspection history aggregated by DOT and location
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/VinInspectionResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
tags:
- Inspections
components:
schemas:
Violation:
type: object
properties:
violation_code:
type: string
description:
type: string
oos:
type: boolean
unit_type:
type: string
basic_category:
type: string
VinLocation:
type: object
properties:
fips:
type: string
state_fips:
type: string
county_fips:
type: string
county_name:
type: string
state_abbrev:
type: string
latitude:
type: number
longitude:
type: number
last_seen:
type: string
format: date
inspection_count:
type: integer
ViolationsResponse:
type: object
properties:
inspection_id:
type: string
total_violations:
type: integer
violations:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Violation'
pagination:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
Pagination:
type: object
properties:
page:
type: integer
limit:
type: integer
total_results:
type: integer
total_pages:
type: integer
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: string
description: Short error type
message:
type: string
description: Human-readable description
required:
- error
- message
VinDotAssociation:
type: object
properties:
dot_number:
type: string
last_seen:
type: string
format: date
inspection_count:
type: integer
VinInspectionResponse:
type: object
properties:
vin:
type: string
inspection_count:
type: integer
sample_size:
type: integer
truncated:
type: boolean
description: True when capped at 5,000 inspections; aggregations are over the returned sample.
dot_numbers:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/VinDotAssociation'
locations:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/VinLocation'
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: Invalid or missing API key
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
RateLimited:
description: Too many requests. Check X-RateLimit-Remaining and Retry-After headers.
headers:
Retry-After:
schema:
type: integer
description: Seconds to wait before retrying
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
NotFound:
description: Carrier does not exist
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
parameters:
page:
name: page
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
description: 'Page number (default: 1)'
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: 'API key provided by AlphaLoops. Include as: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
x-provenance:
method: harvested
publisher: AlphaLoops FMCSA Carrier Data API
source: https://runalphaloops.com/openapi.json
note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)