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MarineTraffic Search Vessel API

The Search Vessel API from MarineTraffic — 2 operation(s) for search vessel.

MarineTraffic Search Vessel API is one of 14 APIs that MarineTraffic publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Search Vessel. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.2, at version 1.0.0.

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

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.2
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://services.marinetraffic.com/api
Resource Areas
1

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.

Search Vessel 2
GET
/shipsearch/{api_key}
Search Vessel by Identifier
shipsearch 7 params → 200400429
GET
/shipsearch/{api_key}
Search Vessel by Name
shipsearch_ 5 params → 200400429

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are 400_vd03_invalid_search_string_length (1 property), 429_too_many_requests (1 property), 400_vd03_missing_search_term (1 property), 400_vd03_missing_search_identifier (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

400_vd03_missing_search_identifier
object
1 property
400_vd03_missing_search_term
object
1 property
429_too_many_requests
object
1 property
200_vd03_default
array
400_vd03_invalid_search_string_length
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

marine-traffic-search-vessel-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs MarineTraffic publishes across the network.

MarineTraffic AIS API API
MarineTraffic Balances API
MarineTraffic Fleets API
MarineTraffic Passage Plans API
MarineTraffic Port Events API
MarineTraffic Ports Information API
MarineTraffic Reverse Geocoding API
MarineTraffic Routing Information API
MarineTraffic Single Vessel Events API
MarineTraffic Vessel Historical Track API
MarineTraffic Vessel Information API
MarineTraffic Vessel Positions (Legacy API) API
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