MyShipTracking Vessels API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: MyShipTracking Account Vessels API
  description: 'The MyShipTracking API delivers real-time terrestrial-AIS maritime data over REST. It exposes live vessel positions and voyage data, static vessel particulars, vessels within a geographic zone or near a reference ship, historical tracks, port details, port calls, and estimated arrivals, plus fleet management. Every response is returned in a standardized envelope (status, duration, timestamp, and either data on success or code/message on error), in JSON by default or XML via the Accept header.


    Authentication: pass your API key as either `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY` or the `x-api-key` header on every request.


    Billing: calls are metered in credits. Simple responses cost 1 credit, extended responses 3 credits, and history/port-call queries 5 credits per distinct date. No credits are charged when a request returns no results, and a single request is capped at 500 credits.


    Scope note: the paths and parameters below for /vessel, /vessel/zone, /vessel/nearby, /vessel/track, /vessel/search, /port, /port/estimate, /port/calls, and /account/info were confirmed from MyShipTracking''s own per-endpoint documentation. The /vessel/bulk path is inferred from the Bulk Vessel Retrieval documentation and should be verified. Response schemas are modeled from the documented field lists; additional Fleet, Port Search, and Vessels In Port endpoints exist in the API but are not modeled here.'
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: MyShipTracking
    url: https://www.myshiptracking.com
  termsOfService: https://api.myshiptracking.com/docs/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.myshiptracking.com/api/v2
  description: MyShipTracking API v2
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Vessels
  description: Vessel positions, particulars, history, and search.
paths:
  /vessel:
    get:
      operationId: getVesselStatus
      tags:
      - Vessels
      summary: Vessel status (single)
      description: Retrieve the latest AIS position and voyage details for a single vessel. Exactly one of mmsi or imo is required. Simple response costs 1 credit; extended costs 3 credits.
      parameters:
      - name: mmsi
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 9-digit Maritime Mobile Service Identity. Provide exactly one of mmsi or imo.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: imo
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 7-digit International Maritime Organization number. Provide exactly one of mmsi or imo.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: response
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Response detail level.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - simple
          - extended
          default: simple
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Vessel status envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselEnvelope'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /vessel/bulk:
    get:
      operationId: getVesselsBulk
      tags:
      - Vessels
      summary: Vessels status (bulk)
      description: Retrieve status for multiple vessels in a single request. NOTE - path and parameters are modeled from the Bulk Vessel Retrieval documentation and should be verified against the live docs.
      parameters:
      - name: mmsi
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Comma-separated list of MMSI identifiers (modeled).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: response
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - simple
          - extended
          default: simple
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Bulk vessel status envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselListEnvelope'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /vessel/zone:
    get:
      operationId: getVesselsInZone
      tags:
      - Vessels
      summary: Vessels in zone (bounding box)
      description: List vessels within a geographic bounding box. Charged 1 credit per vessel (simple) or 3 credits per vessel (extended).
      parameters:
      - name: minlon
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Minimum longitude in decimal degrees.
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: maxlon
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Maximum longitude in decimal degrees.
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: minlat
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Minimum latitude in decimal degrees.
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: maxlat
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Maximum latitude in decimal degrees.
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: response
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - simple
          - extended
          default: simple
      - name: minutesBack
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Maximum age of a vessel position in minutes.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 60
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of vessels in the zone.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselListEnvelope'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /vessel/nearby:
    get:
      operationId: getVesselsNearby
      tags:
      - Vessels
      summary: Vessels nearby
      description: List vessels within a nautical-mile radius of a reference vessel. The reference vessel's latest position must be no older than 6 hours. Up to 500 records. Charged 1 credit per vessel (simple) or 3 (extended).
      parameters:
      - name: mmsi
        in: query
        required: true
        description: 9-digit MMSI of the reference vessel.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: radius
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Search radius in nautical miles (1-100).
        schema:
          type: number
          default: 20
      - name: response
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - simple
          - extended
          default: simple
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of nearby vessels.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselListEnvelope'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /vessel/track:
    get:
      operationId: getVesselTrack
      tags:
      - Vessels
      summary: Vessel history track
      description: Retrieve historical position records for a vessel over a date range or a lookback in days, with optional time grouping. Charged 5 credits per distinct date returned. Max 90-day range; data available up to 2 years back.
      parameters:
      - name: mmsi
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 9-digit MMSI. Provide exactly one of mmsi or imo.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: imo
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 7-digit IMO. Provide exactly one of mmsi or imo.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: fromdate
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Start datetime in UTC (ISO 8601). Use with todate, or use days instead.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: todate
        in: query
        required: false
        description: End datetime in UTC (ISO 8601). Use with fromdate, or use days instead.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: days
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of days to look back. Use instead of fromdate/todate.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: timegroup
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Time aggregation in minutes (1-60).
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Historical track points.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TrackEnvelope'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /vessel/search:
    get:
      operationId: searchVessels
      tags:
      - Vessels
      summary: Vessel search by name
      description: Search for vessels by name (minimum 3 characters). Returns up to 40 records. 1 credit per request.
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Search term for vessel names (minimum 3 characters).
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 3
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching vessels.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselSearchEnvelope'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    TrackEnvelope:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopeMeta'
      - type: object
        properties:
          data:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TrackPoint'
    VesselSearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        vessel_name:
          type: string
        mmsi:
          type: integer
        imo:
          type: integer
        vtype:
          type: integer
        vessel_type:
          type: string
        flag:
          type: string
        area:
          type: string
    VesselSearchEnvelope:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopeMeta'
      - type: object
        properties:
          data:
            type: array
            maxItems: 40
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselSearchResult'
    ErrorEnvelope:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopeMeta'
      - type: object
        properties:
          code:
            type: string
            example: MST_ERR_VALIDATOR
          message:
            type: string
    EnvelopeMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: success
        duration:
          type: string
          description: Processing time.
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 server timestamp.
    VesselExtended:
      description: Extended vessel record adds static particulars, voyage, and weather fields to the simple record. Field list is modeled from the documented extended response.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselSimple'
      - type: object
        properties:
          callsign:
            type: string
          vessel_type:
            type: string
          ais_type:
            type: string
          size_a:
            type: number
          size_b:
            type: number
          size_c:
            type: number
          size_d:
            type: number
          draught:
            type: number
          flag:
            type: string
          gt:
            type: integer
          dwt:
            type: integer
          built:
            type: integer
          destination:
            type: string
          eta:
            type: string
            format: date-time
    VesselListEnvelope:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopeMeta'
      - type: object
        properties:
          data:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselExtended'
    VesselEnvelope:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnvelopeMeta'
      - type: object
        properties:
          data:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VesselExtended'
    TrackPoint:
      type: object
      properties:
        lat:
          type: number
        lng:
          type: number
        course:
          type: number
        speed:
          type: number
        time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    VesselSimple:
      type: object
      description: Simple vessel record.
      properties:
        vessel_name:
          type: string
        mmsi:
          type: integer
        imo:
          type: integer
        vtype:
          type: integer
        lat:
          type: number
        lng:
          type: number
        course:
          type: number
        speed:
          type: number
        nav_status:
          type: string
        received:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    BadRequest:
      description: Parameter validation failed or an invalid identifier was supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API key passed as: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY.'
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: API key passed in the x-api-key header.