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HERE Geofencing V8 API

The HERE Geofencing API can geofence asset positions against HERE Map objects or custom fence objects

HERE Geofencing V8 API is one of 139 APIs that HERE publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Geofencing V8. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 6 operations across 5 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 8.3.3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://geofencing.hereapi.com.

6 operations 5 paths 11 schemas 3 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
8.3.3
Base URL
https://account.api.here.com
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

HERE Geofencing V8 API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as apiKey (apiKey). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerTokenAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — A key generated specifically to authenticate API requests. For more information on how to get an API key, see [Identity and Access Management Developer Guide](…
  • bearerTokenAuth — A token obtained from a separate endpoint using client credentials and an OAuth 1.0a HMAC-SHA256 signed request. For more information on how to get a bearer to…

Paths & Operations 6

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 3 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Geofencing V8 6

The HERE Geofencing API can geofence asset positions against HERE Map objects or custom fence objects

GET
/v8/geofence
Simple and fast search for geometries on HERE Map Content layers, extensible…
GeofencingAPIGeofence 8 params → 200
POST
/v8/geofence
Simple and fast search for geometries on HERE Map Content layers, extensible…
GeofencingAPIGeofencePost 5 params body → 200415
POST
/v8/geofence/upload
Import Geometries in a WKT or Shape File
GeofencingAPIV8UploadPost 7 params → 200
POST
/v8/geofence/modify
Modify Geometries in Existing Layers
GeofencingAPIV8ModifyPost 5 params → 200409
GET
/v8/geofence/delete
Delete some of my Geometry Layers.
GeofencingAPIV8DeleteMapsLayers 3 params → 200
GET
/v8/geofence/attributes
Simple and fast access to your custom geofence attributes
GeofencingAPIGeofenceAttributes 12 params → 200

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Geometry (11 properties), AssetPoint (6 properties), MetaResponseV8 (5 properties), SearchMetaResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AssetPoint
object
List of asset points with corresponding attributes.
6 properties
DeleteLayersResponse
object
1 property
TileRow
object
List of Attribute/value map from a specific layer.
1 property
SearchMetaResponse
object
List of Meta info for spatial search response.
3 properties
TileResponseV8
object
2 properties
AssetPositions
object
1 property
Geometry
object
List of geometries for spatial search response.
11 properties
MetaResponseV8
object
Meta info for a specific layer.
5 properties
LayerModifyResponse
object
1 property
MapAttributesV8Response
object
3 properties
LayerUploadResponse
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

here-geofencing-v8-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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