Datalastic

Datalastic Historical API

Past AIS positions for vessels and zones.

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Operations 2

GET /inradius_history Historical vessel traffic within a radius #

GET /vessel_history Historical vessel track #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Datalastic Maritime Historical API
  description: Datalastic provides real-time AIS vessel tracking, historical ship movements, vessel specifications, and global port data over REST. A database of 750,000+ ships is queryable by MMSI, IMO, or Datalastic UUID. All endpoints are served from https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0 and authenticate with an api-key query parameter tied to a subscription plan. Usage is metered in monthly database credits - most endpoints deduct one credit per vessel or port returned, and historical endpoints deduct one credit per vessel per day of data. All plans share a limit of 600 API calls per minute.
  version: v0
  contact:
    name: Datalastic
    url: https://datalastic.com
servers:
- url: https://api.datalastic.com/api/v0
  description: Datalastic production API
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Historical
  description: Past AIS positions for vessels and zones.
paths:
  /inradius_history:
    get:
      operationId: getInRadiusHistory
      tags:
      - Historical
      summary: Historical vessel traffic within a radius
      description: Replays past vessel traffic for a zone. Cost is calculated as the number of days multiplied by the number of vessels per day (maximum 500 vessels per day).
      parameters:
      - name: lat
        in: query
        description: Latitude of the zone center point. Requires lon.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: lon
        in: query
        description: Longitude of the zone center point. Requires lat.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: port_uuid
        in: query
        description: Port UUID to use as the zone center point.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: port_unlocode
        in: query
        description: Port UN/LOCODE to use as the zone center point.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: radius
        in: query
        description: Search radius in nautical miles. Maximum 50 NM.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          maximum: 50
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Days'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/From'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/To'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Historical vessel traffic for the requested zone and period.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
  /vessel_history:
    get:
      operationId: getVesselHistory
      tags:
      - Historical
      summary: Historical vessel track
      description: Returns past AIS positions for a vessel identified by uuid, mmsi, or imo, filtered by a days lookback or an explicit from/to date range in YYYY-MM-DD format. A maximum of 31 days may be requested from the from date. Each day of data per vessel deducts 1 credit.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Uuid'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Mmsi'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Imo'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Days'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/From'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/To'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Historical track positions for the vessel.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselHistoryResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  parameters:
    Imo:
      name: imo
      in: query
      description: Vessel International Maritime Organization number (7-digit).
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    To:
      name: to
      in: query
      description: End date for the data in YYYY-MM-DD format.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date
    Mmsi:
      name: mmsi
      in: query
      description: Vessel Maritime Mobile Service Identity (9-digit number).
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    From:
      name: from
      in: query
      description: Start date for the data in YYYY-MM-DD format. A maximum of 31 days may be requested from this date.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date
    Days:
      name: days
      in: query
      description: Number of days back from today to return data for (for example days=5 returns the last 5 days).
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    Uuid:
      name: uuid
      in: query
      description: Datalastic vessel UUID.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    VesselHistoryResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            uuid:
              type: string
              description: Datalastic vessel UUID.
            name:
              type: string
              description: Vessel name.
            mmsi:
              type: string
              description: Maritime Mobile Service Identity.
            imo:
              type: string
              description: International Maritime Organization number.
            positions:
              type: array
              description: Historical track positions.
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  lat:
                    type: number
                  lon:
                    type: number
                  speed:
                    type: number
                  course:
                    type: number
                  heading:
                    type: number
                  destination:
                    type: string
                  last_position_epoch:
                    type: integer
                  last_position_UTC:
                    type: string
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
    VesselPosition:
      type: object
      description: Real-time AIS position data for a vessel.
      properties:
        uuid:
          type: string
          description: Datalastic vessel UUID.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Vessel name.
        mmsi:
          type: string
          description: Maritime Mobile Service Identity.
        imo:
          type: string
          description: International Maritime Organization number.
        country_iso:
          type: string
          description: Flag country ISO code.
        type:
          type: string
          description: Vessel type.
        type_specific:
          type: string
          description: Vessel subtype.
        lat:
          type: number
          description: Latitude of the last reported position.
        lon:
          type: number
          description: Longitude of the last reported position.
        speed:
          type: number
          description: Speed over ground in knots.
        course:
          type: number
          description: Course over ground in degrees.
        heading:
          type: number
          description: True heading in degrees.
        navigation_status:
          type: string
          description: AIS navigational status.
        destination:
          type: string
          description: Reported destination.
        last_position_epoch:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp of the last position report.
        last_position_UTC:
          type: string
          description: UTC timestamp of the last position report.
    VesselListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            vessels:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselPosition'
            total:
              type: integer
              description: Number of vessels returned.
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
    Meta:
      type: object
      description: Response metadata.
      properties:
        duration:
          type: number
          description: Server processing time in seconds.
        endpoint:
          type: string
          description: The endpoint that served the request.
        success:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the request succeeded.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            success:
              type: boolean
            error:
              type: string
              description: Error message, for example Too Many Requests.
  responses:
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Rate limit exceeded. All plans share a limit of 600 API calls per minute.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid api-key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: No vessel or resource matched the supplied identifier.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api-key
      description: Personal API key issued with a Datalastic subscription. Passed as the api-key query parameter on every request.