Datalastic Vessel Data API
Static ship specifications and vessel search.
Static ship specifications and vessel search.
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Datalastic Maritime Historical Vessel Data 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: Vessel Data
description: Static ship specifications and vessel search.
paths:
/vessel_info:
get:
operationId: getVesselInfo
tags:
- Vessel Data
summary: Ship specifications
description: Returns static specifications for a single vessel identified by uuid, mmsi, or imo - MMSI, IMO, country name, call sign, ship type and subtype, gross tonnage, deadweight, TEU, length, breadth, year built, and home port. Deducts 1 credit per vessel.
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Uuid'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Mmsi'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Imo'
responses:
'200':
description: Static vessel specification data.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselInfoResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
/vessel_find:
get:
operationId: findVessels
tags:
- Vessel Data
summary: Vessel finder search
description: Searches the 750,000+ ship database by name (exact or fuzzy match), type, specific subtype, flag country, gross tonnage, deadweight, dimensions, and year built. Deducts 1 credit per vessel found.
parameters:
- name: name
in: query
description: Vessel name to search for.
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: fuzzy
in: query
description: Set to 1 for similar-name matching (Eric matches Erica); 0 for exact name matching.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
enum:
- 0
- 1
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/VesselType'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/VesselTypeSpecific'
- name: country_iso
in: query
description: Flag country of the vessels as a 2-letter ISO code.
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: gross_tonnage_min
in: query
description: Minimum gross tonnage.
required: false
schema:
type: number
- name: gross_tonnage_max
in: query
description: Maximum gross tonnage.
required: false
schema:
type: number
- name: deadweight_min
in: query
description: Minimum deadweight tonnage.
required: false
schema:
type: number
- name: deadweight_max
in: query
description: Maximum deadweight tonnage.
required: false
schema:
type: number
- name: length_min
in: query
description: Minimum vessel length in meters.
required: false
schema:
type: number
- name: length_max
in: query
description: Maximum vessel length in meters.
required: false
schema:
type: number
- name: breadth_min
in: query
description: Minimum vessel breadth in meters.
required: false
schema:
type: number
- name: breadth_max
in: query
description: Maximum vessel breadth in meters.
required: false
schema:
type: number
- name: year_built_min
in: query
description: Earliest year built.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: year_built_max
in: query
description: Latest year built.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: next
in: query
description: Pagination cursor for retrieving the next page of results.
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Vessels matching the search criteria.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselFindResponse'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
parameters:
VesselTypeSpecific:
name: type_specific
in: query
description: Vessel subtype filter (for example Crude Oil Tanker). Can be used on its own or combined with type. Use _empty_ to include or exclude vessels whose type is NULL.
required: false
schema:
type: string
Mmsi:
name: mmsi
in: query
description: Vessel Maritime Mobile Service Identity (9-digit number).
required: false
schema:
type: string
VesselType:
name: type
in: query
description: Vessel type filter (for example Cargo, Tanker, Fishing).
required: false
schema:
type: string
Imo:
name: imo
in: query
description: Vessel International Maritime Organization number (7-digit).
required: false
schema:
type: string
Uuid:
name: uuid
in: query
description: Datalastic vessel UUID.
required: false
schema:
type: string
schemas:
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.
VesselInfo:
type: object
description: Static ship specification data.
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_name:
type: string
description: Flag country name.
callsign:
type: string
description: Radio call sign.
type:
type: string
description: Ship type.
type_specific:
type: string
description: Ship subtype.
gross_tonnage:
type: number
description: Gross tonnage.
deadweight:
type: number
description: Deadweight tonnage.
teu:
type: number
description: Container capacity in TEU.
length:
type: number
description: Length in meters.
breadth:
type: number
description: Breadth in meters.
year_built:
type: integer
description: Year the vessel was built.
home_port:
type: string
description: Registered home port.
VesselFindResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselInfo'
meta:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
VesselInfoResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselInfo'
meta:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
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.