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# Push tracking data from edge device

POST https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data
Content-Type: application/json

Receive real-time tracking data from edge device (Python FastAPI).
Called by Python's ExpressClient.push_tracking_data().
Uses API Key authentication (not JWT).


Reference: https://docs.cargovision.app/api-reference/cargovision-rest-api/edge-device/push-tracking-data-from-edge-device

## Authentication

- `X-API-Key` header (required) — API key for edge device authentication

## Servers

- `https://api.cargovision.app` (Production Server, default)
- `http://localhost:8080` (Local Development Server)

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `camera_id` (string, required)
- `trackings` (list of TrackingItem, required)
- `device_id` (string, optional)
- `timestamp` (datetime, optional)
- `frame_number` (integer, optional)
- `model_key` (string, optional)

## Response

### 200

Tracking data received

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)
- `data` (V1TrackingDataPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Validation error

- `any`

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Invalid or missing API key

- `any`

## Types

### TrackingItem

A single tracking detection from YOLO inference

- `tracking_id` (integer, optional) — Object tracking ID (persists across frames)
- `class_name` (string, optional) — Detected class name
- `confidence` (float, optional)
- `box` (BoundingBox, optional)
- `metadata` (TrackingItemMetadata, optional)

### V1TrackingDataPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `cameraId` (string, optional)
- `frameNumber` (integer, optional)
- `trackingsReceived` (integer, optional)

### BoundingBox

- `x1` (integer, optional)
- `y1` (integer, optional)
- `x2` (integer, optional)
- `y2` (integer, optional)

### TrackingItemMetadata

- `first_seen` (datetime, optional)
- `dwell_time_seconds` (integer, optional)
- `direction` (string, optional)
- `speed` (double, optional)
- `ocr_text` (string, optional)
- `ocr_confidence` (double, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "camera_id": "gate-camera-1",
  "trackings": [
    {}
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Tracking data received",
  "data": {
    "cameraId": "string",
    "frameNumber": 1,
    "trackingsReceived": 1
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data"

payload = {
    "camera_id": "gate-camera-1",
    "trackings": [{}]
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"camera_id":"gate-camera-1","trackings":[{}]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"camera_id\": \"gate-camera-1\",\n  \"trackings\": [\n    {}\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"camera_id\": \"gate-camera-1\",\n  \"trackings\": [\n    {}\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"camera_id\": \"gate-camera-1\",\n  \"trackings\": [\n    {}\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data', [
  'body' => '{
  "camera_id": "gate-camera-1",
  "trackings": [
    {}
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"camera_id\": \"gate-camera-1\",\n  \"trackings\": [\n    {}\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-API-Key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "camera_id": "gate-camera-1",
  "trackings": [[]]
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.cargovision.app/v1/tracking-data")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```