Get object details

Service version: 1
Last edit: 2022.08.31

Purpose

This endpoint requests all details about a single object.

Request data

HTTPS method: GET

  • Constants and parameters enclosed in curly brackets { } must be replaced with their values.
  • Please see the following Request parameters section with the required and optional parameters tables for their values. The generic request format is as follows.

URL request format

get
URL request format
https://{baseURL}/locationHistory/{versionNumber}/objects/{objectId}?key={Your_API_Key}

curl command request format

get
curl command request format
curl 'https://{baseURL}/locationHistory/{versionNumber}/objects/{objectId}?key={Your_API_Key}'

Request parameters

The following table describes the parameters that can be used in a request.

  • Required parameters must be used or the call will fail.
  • Optional parameters may be used.
  • The order of request parameters is not important.

Note: There are no optional parameters in this endpoint.

Required parameters

Description

baseURL


string

The base URL for calling the API.


Value: api.tomtom.com

versionNumber


string

Service version.


Value: 1

key


string

An API Key valid for the requested service.


Value: Your valid API Key.

objectId


string

The object id to gather details for.


Value: A UUID.

Response data

Response body

The following JSON code block demonstrates a successful response from the API server.

Response body format- JSON
1{
2 "name": "object_name",
3 "id": "object_id",
4 "properties": {
5 "key": "value"
6 ...
7 }
8}

Response fields

The following table describes all of the response fields.

Primary fields

Description

name


string

The name of the object.

id


string

The UUID of the object.

properties


object

(Optional) An object containing user-defined properties. Its content varies between objects.

Example

Get details of the 'Support car 1' object (id: cfde72d8-4b9f-4f6d-83c8-87ae0465fd5d).

URL request example

get
URL request example
https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/objects/cfde72d8-4b9f-4f6d-83c8-87ae0465fd5d?key={Your_API_Key}

Response body example

Response body example - JSON
1{
2 "name": "Support car 1",
3 "id": "cfde72d8-4b9f-4f6d-83c8-87ae0465fd5d",
4 "properties": {
5 "embeddedId": "EL 11111",
6 "maxSpeedKmh": 70,
7 "driver": "John Doe"
8 }
9}