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Search shipments, containers, and tracking requests
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.terminal49.com/v2/search \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://api.terminal49.com/v2/search"

headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.terminal49.com/v2/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.terminal49.com/v2/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.terminal49.com/v2/search"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.terminal49.com/v2/search")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.terminal49.com/v2/search")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "abc12345-6789-40ef-9012-3456789abcde",
      "type": "shipment",
      "attributes": {
        "entity_type": "shipment",
        "number": "MEDUA1234567",
        "shipment_id": null,
        "scac": "MSCU",
        "port_of_lading_name": "Shanghai",
        "port_of_discharge_name": "Los Angeles",
        "containers_count": 3,
        "tracking_stopped": false,
        "tracking_stopped_reason": null,
        "status": null,
        "failed_reason": null,
        "ref_numbers": [
          "PO-2026-001"
        ],
        "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-03-01T14:22:00.000Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "def45678-9012-43ab-9cde-f0123456789a",
      "type": "cargo",
      "attributes": {
        "entity_type": "cargo",
        "number": "MSCU1234567",
        "shipment_id": "abc12345-6789-40ef-9012-3456789abcde",
        "scac": "MSCU",
        "port_of_lading_name": null,
        "port_of_discharge_name": null,
        "containers_count": null,
        "tracking_stopped": null,
        "tracking_stopped_reason": null,
        "status": null,
        "failed_reason": null,
        "ref_numbers": [],
        "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-03-01T14:22:00.000Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}
{
"errors": [
{
"detail": "Query parameter is required"
}
]
}
{
"errors": [
{
"status": "401",
"title": "Unauthorized",
"detail": "Invalid or missing API token."
}
]
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Use a Terminal49 API key in the Authorization header with the Token prefix.

Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

query
string
required

Search term to match against BL numbers, container numbers, reference numbers, and other indexed fields. Supports full-text search and partial (ILIKE) matching.

Response

Successful search results

data
object[]