Last position

Service version: 1
Last edit: 2022.07.21

Purpose

This endpoint requests an object's most recent position. 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/position/{objectId}?key={Your_API_Key}

curl command format

GET
Request curl command
curl 'https://{baseURL}/locationHistory/{versionNumber}/history/position/{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 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 the report is requested.
Value: A UUID.

Response data

Response body

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

Response body - JSON
1{
2  "summary": {
3    "id": "object_id",
4    "name": "object_name"
5  },
6  "objectState": {
7    "type": "Feature",
8    "geometry": {
9      "type": "Point",
10      "coordinates": [longitude, latitude, altitude]
11    },
12    "estimatedSpeed": speed_value,
13    "estimatedDirection": azimuth,
14    "timestamp": "timestamp with time zone",
15    "userTimestamp": "timestamp with time zone"
16  }
17}

Response fields

The following table describes all of the response fields.

Primary fields
FieldDescription
summary
object		A short summary about the requested object.
objectState
object		Contains information about the current state of the requested object.
summary object
FieldDescription
id
string		UUID of an object for which this response is generated.
name
string		Name of an object for which this response is generated.
objectState object
FieldDescription
type
string		In the current version this is always "Feature".
geometry
object		Object's position.
estimatedSpeed
float		Estimated speed of an object in the given time. Presented in km/h.
estimatedDirection
float		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).
geometry object
FieldDescription
type
string		Type of geometry. In the current version this is always "Point".
coordinates
array(double)		Coordinates of the point in the form of an array containing (in this order): longitude, latitude, altitude. Altitude is optional.

Response codes

CodeMeaning & possible causes
200OK
404Not found:
  • No such object.
  • No position has been sent for object 'OBJECT_ID'.

Example

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

Request URL

GET
Request example
https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/history/position/cfde72d8-4b9f-4f6d-83c8-87ae0465fd5d/position?key={Your_API_Key}

Response body

Response body - JSON
1{
2  "summary": {
3    "id": "fde72d8-4b9f-4f6d-83c8-87ae0465fd5d",
4    "name": "Support car 1"
5  },
6  "objectState": {
7    "type": "Feature",
8    "geometry": {
9      "type": "Point",
10      "coordinates": [4.8424672, 52.362239]
11    },
12    "estimatedSpeed": 59.4,
13    "estimatedDirection": 170,
14    "timestamp": "2019-06-04T13:30:00Z",
15    "userTimestamp": "2019-06-04T13:29:13Z"
16  }
17}