Get objects position history

Service version: 1
Last edit: 2022.07.21

Purpose

This endpoint obtains a list of history positions of the user's objects. Each position contains information about estimated speed and direction. If consent is given, the Geofencing API can also provide locations that will be available through this endpoint.

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 format

GET
Request example
https://{baseURL}/locationHistory/{versionNumber}/history/positions/{objectId)?key={Your_API_Key}&from={timestamp}&to={timestamp}&maxResults={integer}&pageNumber={integer}

curl command format

GET
Request curl command
curl 'https://{baseURL}/locationHistory/{versionNumber}/history/positions/{objectId)?key={Your_API_Key}&from={timestamp}&to={timestamp}&maxResults={integer}&pageNumber={integer}'

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.
  • The maximum allowed time between provided timestamps is 24h.
Required parametersDescription
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		Object UUID for which history is requested.
Value: Requested object's UUID.
adminKey
string		An Admin Key valid for the provided API Key.
Value: Your valid Admin Key.
from
timestamp		Beginning date for the listing.
Value: ISO 8601 format timestamp with the accuracy of seconds (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss).
Optional parametersDescription
to
timestamp		End date for the listing.
Value: ISO 8601 format timestamp with the accuracy of seconds (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss).
maxResult
integer		Maximum number of items returned in the response.
Value: Greater than zero, less than or equal to 100.
Default: 100
pageNumber
integer		The number of items on the page to be returned in the response. The maximum number of elements on the page is equal to the maxResult value.
Value: Greater than zero.
Default: 1

Response data

Response body

Response body - JSON
1{
2  "summary": {
3    "name": "object_name",
4    "id": "object_id",
5    "from": "beginning_timestamp",
6    "to": "end_timestamp"
7  },
8  "positions": {
9    "type": "FeatureCollection",
10    "features": [
11      {
12        "timestamp": "timestamp",
13        "userTimestamp": "timestamp",
14        "type": "Feature",
15        "geometry": {
16          "type": "Point",
17          "coordinates": [
18            longitude,
19            latitude,
20            altitude
21          ]
22        },
23        "estimatedSpeed": speed_value,
24        "estimatedDirection": azimuth
25      }
26    ]
27  },
28  "resultInfo": {
29    "maxResults": max_number_of_results,
30    "pageNumber": page_number,
31    "itemsCount": number_of_results
32  }
33}

Response fields

The following table describes all of the fields that can appear in a response.

In the current version this is always "Point".
Primary fields
FieldDescription
summary
object		Contains information about the object's history positions request.
positions
object		Contains information about positions.
resultInfo
object		Contains information about response paging.
summary object
FieldDescription
id
string		UUID of an object for which this report is generated.
name
string		Name of an object for which this report is generated.
from
string		Timestamp (ISO 8601 format) marking the start of a period the report is generated for.
to
string		Timestamp (ISO 8601 format) marking the end of a period the report is generated for.
positions object
FieldDescription
type
string		In the current implementation this is always "FeatureCollection".
features
array (position)		Array of historical positions.
position object
FieldDescription
type
string		In the current version this is always "Feature".
geometry
object		Object's position.
estimatedSpeed
double		Estimated speed of an object in the given time. Presented in km/h.
estimatedDirection
double		Estimated direction presented as a north-based azimuth. Presented in degrees.
timestamp
string		Recorded time as timestamp (ISO 8601 format).
userTimestamp
string		The date and time of the position being recorded by the user as a timestamp (ISO 8601 format).
If not set by the user, the server timestamp is used.
geometry object
FieldDescription
type
string
coordinates
array (double)		Coordinates of the point in the form of an array containing (in this order): longitude, latitude.
resultInfoobject
FieldDescription
maxResult
integer		Maximum number of items returned in the response.
pageNumber
integer		Number of the items page to be returned in the response. Maximum number of elements on the page is equal to the maxResult value.
itemsCount
integer		Number of returned items on the page.

Response codes

CodeMeaning & possible causes
200OK
400Bad Request:
  • Wrong datetime format.
  • Bad order of dates.
  • The value of parameter is not a positive decimal number.
  • Date range can span up to 24 hours.
403Forbidden: Provided Admin Key is invalid.
404Not found: No such project.

Example

List all objects available to the user.

Request URL

GET
Request example
https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/history/positions/61310ef2-e324-4966-9751-c70b3907d788?key={Your_API_Key}&from={timestamp}&to={timestamp}

Response body

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

Response body - JSON
1{
2  "summary": {
3    "name": "Example object",
4    "id": "c0c22f72-fdb6-412a-a8b9-92e0521e2e0d",
5    "from": "2019-05-30T13:00:00+0000",
6    "to": "2019-05-30T13:30:00Z+0000"
7  },
8  "positions": {
9    "type": "FeatureCollection",
10    "features": [
11      {
12        "timestamp": "2019-05-30T13:25:51+0000",
13        "type": "Feature",
14        "geometry": {
15          "type": "Point",
16          "coordinates": [
17            19.448183,
18            51.759135,
19            0.00
20          ]
21        },
22        "estimatedSpeed": 16.66,
23        "estimatedDirection": 90.00
24      }
25    ]
26  },
27  "resultInfo": {
28    "maxResults": 100,
29    "pageNumber": 1,
30    "itemsCount": 25
31  }
32}