Location History API Documentation

What is TomTom's Location History service?

TomTom's Location History service is intended to keep track and manage the locations of multiple objects. It can share data with TomTom's Geofencing service to enhance it with the history of object transitions through fence borders.

Any object that has connectivity can send its location. It can be:

• A person
• A vehicle
• A package
• A telephone

Libraries of objects

For Location History to work, you need to create a library of your objects and optionally define their attributes.

The following features are included in the Location History API.

1. A Location History service.
2. Location History configuration that is securely stored by TomTom in the cloud.

Current limits include:

• 1k objects
• Location history is kept as active data for 3 months.
• Location history is kept as a cold archive 6 months after the active period.

To change any of these limits, please contact your TomTom licencing assistant.

Services with endpoints

Geofencing API

• The Location History API and Geofencing API share Objects when both are on the same account.
  • Each API has access to a view of an Object that is relevant for the given API.
  • In the Location History API view, the name and properties fields are available for an Object.
• The Location History API and Geofencing API share the consentForStoringObjectsPositionsHistory setting.
  • When this setting is set to true both services can save an Objects' positions.
  • Positions saved from the Geofencing API and Location History API are available from the Location History API endpoints.

Configuration

Your API and Admin Keys

You need to have two keys to work with Location History:

• An API Key: This allows you to work with any TomTom Maps API, including Location History.
• An Admin Key: This is used by Location History to administer (create, edit, delete) your objects and location history.

Getting started

Follow these steps to start working with the Location History API:

Step 1. Register for an API Key

This key will let you read data from the service and request reports. In addition, it will let you register for an Admin Key.

Step 2. Register an Admin Key

To register for an Admin Key, use the Configuration service "Register Admin Key" endpoint. An Admin Key is used to manage objects within the Location History API.

Register for your Admin Key using this URL:

URL format - HTTP Method: POST

https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/register?key=Your_API_Key
{
  “secret”: “your_secret”
}

or use the curl command:

curl command

curl -XPOST "Content-type: application/json" -d
'{
   “secret”: “your_secret”
 }'
'https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/register?key=Your_API_Key'

The secret has to be between 10 and 30 characters. The secret is a password used to regenerate a stolen or lost Admin Key. It will not be asked for in any other circumstances.

The endpoint returns a generated Admin Key. For example:

{
  "adminKey": "ooCP41LoslEhThwNPyCFjtTsgCDyJgTaoz9JJFpVJvW8MjA3"
}

You should save your Admin Key for administrative calls. You can fully manage your account in the Location History API when you have both the API Key and Admin Key.

Step 3. Creating objects

For each entity to be located (person, vehicle, package, telephone, etc.) an object has to be created using the Object service "Add new object" endpoint.

URL format

POST https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/objects?key=Your_API_Key&adminKey=Your_Admin_Key
{
  "name": "A Volvo Car"
}

curl command

curl -XPOST "Content-type: application/json" -d 
'{
   "name": "A Volvo Car"
 }'
'https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/objects?key=Your_API_Key&adminKey=Your_Admin_Key'

Step 4. Register an object's position

Each object can report it's current position using Position History service "Send position" endpoint.

URL format

POST https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/history/positions?key=Your_API_Key
{
  "type": "Feature",
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Point",
    "coordinates": [
      4.909934,
      52.377607,
      0
    ]
  },
  "object": "Your_Object_Id"
}

curl command

curl -v -XPOST -H "Content-type: application/json" -d
'{
  "type": "Feature",
  "geometry": {
    "type": "Point",
    "coordinates": [
      4.909934,
      52.377607,
      0
    ]
  },
  "object": "Your_Object_Id"
}'
'https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/history/positions?key=Your_API_Key'

Step 5. Getting an object's position history

Historical positions can be retrieved using "Get objects position history" endpoint.

URL format

https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/history/positions/Your_Object_Id?key=Your_API_Key&from=2019-08-27T12AM

curl command

curl 'https://api.tomtom.com/locationHistory/1/history/positions/Your_Object_Id?key=Your_API_Key&from=2019-08-27T12AM'

Each Location History API user has a Role assigned to them. Roles define activities that a user can perform within the service.

Entities are manageable elements within the Location History API.

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