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Global System for Mobile Communications Location Retrieval API

Retrieve the location of a device

Global System for Mobile Communications Location Retrieval API is one of 29 APIs that Global System for Mobile Communications publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Location retrieval. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, a GitHub repository, and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 0.1.0-wip.

Requests are made against a single base URL, {apiRoot}/{basePath}.

1 operations 1 paths 12 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
0.1.0-wip
Server
{apiRoot}/{basePath}
Authentication
OpenID Connect
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Global System for Mobile Communications Location Retrieval API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OpenID Connect (openId) discovered at .well-known/openid-configuration.

  • openId — OpenID Provider Configuration Information.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Location Retrieval 1

Retrieve the location of a device

POST
/retrieve
Global System for Mobile Communications Execute location retrieval for a user equipment
retrieveLocation 1 param body → 200400401403404422500503

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Device (4 properties), DeviceIpv4Addr (3 properties), ErrorInfo (3 properties), Location (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RetrievalLocationRequest
object
Request to retrieve the location of a device. Device is not required when using a 3-legged access token, following the rules in the description.
2 properties
SingleIpv4Addr
string
A single IPv4 address with no subnet mask
Location
object
Device location
2 properties 2 required
AreaType
string
Type of this area. CIRCLE - The area is defined as a circle. POLYGON - The area is defined as a polygon.
PhoneNumber
string
A public identifier addressing a telephone subscription. In mobile networks it corresponds to the MSISDN (Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Num…
DeviceIpv4Addr
object
The device should be identified by either the public (observed) IP address and port as seen by the application server, or the private (local) and any public (o…
3 properties
Area
object
Base schema for all areas
1 property 1 required
ErrorInfo
object
Common schema for errors
3 properties 3 required
DeviceIpv6Address
string
The device should be identified by the observed IPv6 address, or by any single IPv6 address from within the subnet allocated to the device (e.g. adding ::0 to…
Port
integer
TCP or UDP port number
Device
object
End-user equipment able to connect to a mobile network. Examples of devices include smartphones or IoT sensors/actuators. The developer can choose to provide t…
4 properties
NetworkAccessIdentifier
string
A public identifier addressing a subscription in a mobile network. In 3GPP terminology, it corresponds to the GPSI formatted with the External Identifier ({Loc…

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

global-system-for-mobile-communications-location-retrieval-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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