ADS-B Exchange Traces API
Endpoints provide access to historical trace files for an aircraft.
ADS-B Exchange Traces API is one of 5 APIs that ADS-B Exchange publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Traces. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v2.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://gateway.adsbexchange.com/api/aircraft/v2.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
ADS-B Exchange Traces API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (X-Api-Key).
X-Api-Key— Provide your API key via x-api-key header to access the API.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Endpoints provide access to historical trace files for an aircraft.
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TraceNotFoundResponse (6 properties), ProblemDetails (5 properties), TraceResponse (3 properties), ApiForbiddenResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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