Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Carriers API

The Carriers API from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — 7 operation(s) for carriers.

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Operations 7

GET /carriers/{dotNumber} Get carrier by DOT number #

GET /carriers/name/{name} Search carriers by name #

GET /carriers/{dotNumber}/cargo-carried Get cargo carried for a carrier #

GET /carriers/{dotNumber}/operation-classification Get operation classification for a carrier #

GET /carriers/{dotNumber}/oos Get out-of-service info for a carrier #

GET /carriers/{dotNumber}/docket-numbers Get docket numbers for a carrier #

GET /carriers/{dotNumber}/authority Get carrier authority #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration QCMobile Carriers API
  description: The FMCSA QCMobile API provides access to commercial motor carrier safety data including carriers, vehicles, drivers, inspections, and crashes. Authentication uses a WebKey passed as a query parameter on each request.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: FMCSA
    url: https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/QCDevsite/docs/apiAccess
servers:
- url: https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/qc/services
  description: Production
security:
- WebKey: []
tags:
- name: Carriers
paths:
  /carriers/{dotNumber}:
    get:
      summary: Get carrier by DOT number
      operationId: getCarrierByDotNumber
      parameters:
      - name: dotNumber
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Carrier record
      tags:
      - Carriers
  /carriers/name/{name}:
    get:
      summary: Search carriers by name
      operationId: searchCarriersByName
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching carrier records
      tags:
      - Carriers
  /carriers/{dotNumber}/cargo-carried:
    get:
      summary: Get cargo carried for a carrier
      operationId: getCarrierCargoCarried
      parameters:
      - name: dotNumber
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Cargo carried list
      tags:
      - Carriers
  /carriers/{dotNumber}/operation-classification:
    get:
      summary: Get operation classification for a carrier
      operationId: getCarrierOperationClassification
      parameters:
      - name: dotNumber
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Operation classification list
      tags:
      - Carriers
  /carriers/{dotNumber}/oos:
    get:
      summary: Get out-of-service info for a carrier
      operationId: getCarrierOos
      parameters:
      - name: dotNumber
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Out-of-service record
      tags:
      - Carriers
  /carriers/{dotNumber}/docket-numbers:
    get:
      summary: Get docket numbers for a carrier
      operationId: getCarrierDocketNumbers
      parameters:
      - name: dotNumber
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Docket numbers
      tags:
      - Carriers
  /carriers/{dotNumber}/authority:
    get:
      summary: Get carrier authority
      operationId: getCarrierAuthority
      parameters:
      - name: dotNumber
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Authority record
      tags:
      - Carriers
components:
  securitySchemes:
    WebKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: webKey