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Samsara Vehicle Locations API

The Vehicle Locations API from Samsara — 1 operation(s) for vehicle locations.

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Samsara Vehicle Locations API is one of 90 APIs that Samsara publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 13 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2024-11-18.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.samsara.com/, https://api.eu.samsara.com/.

1 operations 1 paths 13 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
2024-11-18
Base URL
https://api.samsara.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Samsara Vehicle Locations API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (AccessTokenHeader). 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.

Vehicle Locations 1
GET
/fleet/vehicles/locations
Locations Snapshot
getVehicleLocations 5 params → 200default

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VehicleLocation (6 properties), VehicleLocationsResponse_data (3 properties), standardErrorResponse (2 properties), VehicleLocationsResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VehicleId
string
The unique Samsara ID of the Vehicle. This is automatically generated when the Vehicle object is created. It cannot be changed.
VehicleLocationHeading
number
Heading of the vehicle in degrees.
VehicleLocation
object
Vehicle location event.
6 properties 3 required
reverseGeo
object
Reverse geocoded information.
1 property
VehicleLocationsResponse
object
Most recent vehicle locations and pagination info.
2 properties 2 required
VehicleName
string
The human-readable name of the Vehicle. This is set by a fleet administrator and will appear in both Samsaras cloud dashboard as well as the Samsara Driver mob…
time
string
UTC timestamp in RFC 3339 format. Example: 2020-01-27T07:06:25Z.
VehicleLocationSpeed
number
GPS speed of the vehicle in miles per hour. See isEcuSpeed to determine speed data source.
VehicleLocationLatitude
number
GPS latitude represented in degrees
VehicleLocationsResponse_data
object
A vehicle and its most recent location.
3 properties 3 required
VehicleLocationLongitude
number
GPS longitude represented in degrees
standardErrorResponse
object
Error response
2 properties
paginationResponse
object
Pagination parameters.
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

samsara-vehicle-locations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
samsara:samsara-vehicle-locations-api
Base URL
https://api.samsara.com
Docs
https://developers.samsara.com/
Provider
Samsara
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