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CargoSmart Containers API

Container tracking and event history

CargoSmart Containers API is one of 5 APIs that CargoSmart publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Containers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.cargosmart.com.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.cargosmart.com
Authentication
API Key, OAuth 2.0
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

CargoSmart Containers API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-API-Key (apiKey). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 4 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

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.

Containers 2

Container tracking and event history

GET
/tracking/v1/containers/{containerId}
Track container
trackContainer 1 param → 200404401
GET
/tracking/v1/containers
Track multiple containers
listContainerTracking 3 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ContainerTracking (12 properties), TrackingEvent (8 properties), Port (4 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TrackingEvent
object
8 properties
ContainerTrackingList
object
2 properties
Port
object
4 properties
Error
object
2 properties
ContainerTracking
object
12 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cargosmart-containers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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