MarineTraffic Vessel Tracking API
Real-time and historical vessel positions
MarineTraffic Vessel Tracking API is one of 8 APIs that MarineTraffic publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include Vessel Tracking. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://services.marinetraffic.com/api.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
MarineTraffic Vessel Tracking API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as apikey (APIKey).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
APIKey— MarineTraffic API key provided in the URL path for most endpoints
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.
Real-time and historical vessel positions
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Vessel (27 properties), VesselTrackPoint (8 properties), VesselTrackResponse (1 property), VesselPositionsResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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