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Lufthansa Cargo Shipment Tracking API

Retrieves the current status of an air freight shipment by IATA Air Waybill, keyed on a 3-digit AWB prefix (020 = Lufthansa Cargo) plus an 8-digit AWB number. Returns the milestone plan, booking, flight movement details, e-freight details and the shipment status event history. OpenAPI 3.0.0, version "1.0 - 2022.01.03", secured with an apikey header.

Lufthansa Cargo Shipment Tracking API is one of 10 APIs that Lufthansa Cargo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Track and Trace, Air Cargo, Shipment Status, and Air Waybill. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0 - 2022.01.03.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.lufthansa-cargo.com.

1 operations 1 paths 19 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0 - 2022.01.03
Base URL
https://api.lufthansa-cargo.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Lufthansa Cargo Shipment Tracking API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as apikey (ApikeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

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

Shipment Tracking 1
GET
/lhcargo/handling/shipmenttracking/v4/shipment
Get actual status of shipment
2 params → 200

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are shipmentTrackingStatus (8 properties), booking (8 properties), flightMovementDetails (6 properties), shipmentId (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

shipmentTrackingStatus
object
8 properties 5 required
originalTimeFrame
object
2 properties
plannedTotals
object
2 properties 2 required
flightMovementDetails
object
6 properties
booking
object
8 properties 3 required
shipmentId
object
6 properties 3 required
events
object
1 property
efreightDetails
object
1 property
actualTotals
array
2 required
product
object
2 properties
shipmentStatusEvents
object
1 property
milestone
array
2 required
shipment
object
2 properties 2 required
milestonePlan
object
2 properties 2 required
event
array
1 required
flight
object
5 properties 3 required
sPLList
object
1 property
totals
object
2 properties 2 required
productConditions
object
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

lufthansa-cargo-shipment-tracking-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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