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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Blink Charging Locations & API (BlinkMap API) Status API
description: Modeled OpenAPI for Blink Network's gated third-party integrator program (marketed as the BlinkMap API), which returns Blink-compatible EV charger locations, hours of operation, and live network status.
version: 1.0-modeled
contact:
name: Blink Charging
url: https://blinkcharging.com
servers:
- url: https://api.blinknetwork.com/map/v1
description: BlinkMap API (historical base path; not independently reverified)
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Status
description: Live status lookup for a single Blink charging location.
paths:
/status:
get:
operationId: getLocationStatus
tags:
- Status
summary: Get live status for a charging station location
description: Returns the current details and live network status for a single Blink charging station location by its numeric ID. Modeled from the Status endpoint of the historical BlinkMap API.
parameters:
- name: id
in: query
required: true
description: Numeric Blink location identifier.
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: The requested charging station location and status.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
description: No location found for the given ID.
components:
schemas:
Location:
type: object
description: A Blink-compatible charging station location. Field set modeled from the historical BlinkMap API reference and third-party client example responses; current field names may differ.
properties:
id:
type: integer
description: Numeric Blink location identifier.
latitude:
type: number
format: double
longitude:
type: number
format: double
name:
type: string
address1:
type: string
address2:
type: string
city:
type: string
state:
type: string
zip:
type: string
country:
type: string
status:
type: string
description: Live network status of the location's chargers (e.g. Available, Charging/Busy, Unavailable). Exact enumeration is not independently re-verified.
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: Missing or invalid API key.
securitySchemes:
apiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: api_key
description: API key issued after signing up for Blink's third-party integrator program. Exact transport (query parameter vs. header) is not independently re-verified for the current API version.
externalDocs:
description: Blink Developer API program page
url: https://prod.blinknetwork.com/developer.html