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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
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:
  schemas:
    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'
    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.
    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.
  parameters:
    Imo:
      name: imo
      in: query
      description: Vessel International Maritime Organization number (7-digit).
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    VesselType:
      name: type
      in: query
      description: Vessel type filter (for example Cargo, Tanker, Fishing).
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    Mmsi:
      name: mmsi
      in: query
      description: Vessel Maritime Mobile Service Identity (9-digit number).
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    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
    Uuid:
      name: uuid
      in: query
      description: Datalastic vessel UUID.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
  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.