Department of Transportation

Department of Transportation Inspections API

Roadside inspection data

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GET /carriers/{dotNumber}/inspections Roadside inspection summary for a carrier #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FMCSA QCMobile Inspections API
  description: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) QCMobile web services provide programmatic access to motor-carrier registration, operating-authority, safety-rating, and inspection data. Consumers can look up carriers by USDOT number, MC/MX number, or name, and retrieve related crash, inspection, and authority records.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: FMCSA
    url: https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
servers:
- url: https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/qc/services
  description: Production
security:
- WebKey: []
tags:
- name: Inspections
  description: Roadside inspection data
paths:
  /carriers/{dotNumber}/inspections:
    get:
      tags:
      - Inspections
      summary: Roadside inspection summary for a carrier
      operationId: getInspections
      parameters:
      - name: dotNumber
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Inspection summary
components:
  securitySchemes:
    WebKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: webKey
externalDocs:
  description: FMCSA QCMobile Web Services
  url: https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/qc/services/getting-started

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