{
  "info": {
    "name": "AISStream AIS Stream API (WebSocket)",
    "description": "AISStream.io real-time global AIS vessel-tracking stream. WebSocket-only: connect to wss://stream.aisstream.io/v0/stream, then send one JSON subscription message (APIKey + BoundingBoxes + optional FiltersShipMMSI / FilterMessageTypes) and receive a stream of AIS message envelopes. There is no REST API.",
    "schema": "https://schema.getpostman.com/json/collection/v2.1.0/collection.json"
  },
  "variable": [
    {
      "key": "apiKey",
      "value": "<YOUR API KEY>",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "wsUrl",
      "value": "wss://stream.aisstream.io/v0/stream",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "item": [
    {
      "name": "AIS Stream (WebSocket)",
      "description": "Open the AISStream WebSocket and subscribe. In Postman, create a WebSocket request to {{wsUrl}}, connect, then send the subscription message below as a raw JSON text frame. The server responds with a continuous stream of AisStreamMessage envelopes (MessageType, MetaData, Message).",
      "request": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Sec-WebSocket-Protocol",
            "value": "",
            "description": "No subprotocol is required; authentication is carried in the subscription message body, not a header."
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n  \"APIKey\": \"{{apiKey}}\",\n  \"BoundingBoxes\": [[[-90.0, -180.0], [90.0, 180.0]]],\n  \"FiltersShipMMSI\": [\"368207620\", \"367719770\"],\n  \"FilterMessageTypes\": [\"PositionReport\", \"ShipStaticData\"]\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "wss://stream.aisstream.io/v0/stream",
          "protocol": "wss",
          "host": [
            "stream",
            "aisstream",
            "io"
          ],
          "path": [
            "v0",
            "stream"
          ]
        },
        "description": "WebSocket endpoint. Send the JSON subscription message within 3 seconds of connecting. APIKey and BoundingBoxes are required; FiltersShipMMSI and FilterMessageTypes are optional. Each bounding box is two [latitude, longitude] corner pairs."
      },
      "response": []
    }
  ]
}