AIS API

I looked for a free API solution to access machine readable AIS Data. This solution uses the free web solutions to crawl the data and returns them in json.

How to use

This is a nodejs web app.

Paths

/getLastPosition/:mmsi

Takes position from MT and from VT and returns the newest example: http://localhost:5000/getLastPosition/211281610

/getLastPositionFromVF/:mmsi

Returns position from VF example: http://localhost:5000/getLastPositionFromVF/

/getLastPositionFromMT/:mmsi

Returns position from MT example: http://localhost:5000/getLastPositionFromMT/211281610

/getVesselsInArea/:area

Returns all vessels in area, defined by a list of area keywords example: http://localhost:5000/getVesselsInArea/WMED,EMED

[{
  name: vessel.SHIPNAME,
  id: vessel.SHIP_ID,
  lat: Number(vessel.LAT),
  lon: Number(vessel.LON),
  timestamp: vessel.LAST_POS,
  mmsi: vessel.MMSI,
  imo: vessel.IMO,
  callsign: vessel.CALLSIGN,
  speed: Number(vessel.SPEED),
  area: vessel.AREA_CODE,
  type: vessel.TYPE_SUMMARY,
  country: vessel.COUNTRY,
  destination: vessel.DESTINATION,
  port_current_id: vessel.PORT_ID,
  port_current: vessel.CURRENT_PORT,
  port_next_id: vessel.NEXT_PORT_ID,
  port_next: vessel.NEXT_PORT_NAME,
},…]

Install on local machine

Requirements: npm & nodejs.

1. clone this repo

2. run npm install

3. run node index.js

Deploy to heroku

This application can be easily deployed to heroku, simply install the heroku cli and run the following commands:

heroku create

git push heroku master