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VesselFinder AIS API — Distance

VesselFinder AIS API — Distance. Shortest sea route between two coordinates with optional gateways and ECA preference.

VesselFinder AIS API — Distance is a Naftiko capability published by VesselFinder, one of 9 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 1 operation across the GET method rooted at /v1/distance.

The capability includes 1 read-only operation. Lead operation: Compute the shortest sea route between two coordinates with optional gateways and ECA preference. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include VesselFinder, AIS, Distance, and Routing.

Run with Naftiko VesselFinderAISDistanceRouting

What You Can Do

GET

Getdistance — Compute the shortest sea route between two coordinates.

/v1/distance

MCP Tools

vesselfinder-get-sea-distance

Compute the shortest sea route between two coordinates with optional gateways and ECA preference.

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: VesselFinder AIS API — Distance
  description: VesselFinder AIS API — Distance. Shortest sea route between two coordinates with optional gateways and ECA preference.
  tags:
    - VesselFinder
    - AIS
    - Distance
    - Routing
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
  - namespace: env
    keys:
      VESSELFINDER_USER_KEY: VESSELFINDER_USER_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
    - type: http
      namespace: ais-distance
      baseUri: https://api.vesselfinder.com
      description: VesselFinder Distance capability.
      resources:
        - name: distance
          path: /distance
          operations:
            - name: getdistance
              method: GET
              description: Compute the shortest sea route between two coordinates as a GeoJSON LineString.
              outputRawFormat: json
              outputParameters:
                - name: result
                  type: object
                  value: $.
              inputParameters:
                - name: userkey
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: true
                - name: from
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: true
                - name: to
                  in: query
                  type: string
                  required: true
                - name: gateways
                  in: query
                  type: string
                - name: ECA
                  in: query
                  type: string
                - name: EPSG3857
                  in: query
                  type: integer
      authentication:
        type: apikey
        key: userkey
        value: '{{env.VESSELFINDER_USER_KEY}}'
        placement: query
  exposes:
    - type: rest
      namespace: ais-distance-rest
      port: 8080
      description: REST adapter for VesselFinder Distance.
      resources:
        - path: /v1/distance
          name: distance
          description: REST surface for distance.
          operations:
            - method: GET
              name: getdistance
              description: Compute the shortest sea route between two coordinates.
              call: ais-distance.getdistance
              outputParameters:
                - type: object
                  mapping: $.
    - type: mcp
      namespace: ais-distance-mcp
      port: 9090
      transport: http
      description: MCP adapter for VesselFinder Distance.
      tools:
        - name: vesselfinder-get-sea-distance
          description: Compute the shortest sea route between two coordinates with optional gateways and ECA preference.
          hints:
            readOnly: true
            destructive: false
            idempotent: true
          call: ais-distance.getdistance
          outputParameters:
            - type: object
              mapping: $.