API is an acronym for Application Program Interface. It enables secure, instant access via a web portal, to the latest information from the BRL Online Database, 24/7.

Data can be requested for Newbuilds or Fleet ships.

Filters can be applied to limit the number of records that are returned.

Information can be returned using industry-standard JSON or XML formats.

BRL for a qoute or trail subscription.

To use the API you must be a subscriber. You can access a limited version of the API as a registered trialist.

Documentation is here: The BRL API Users' Guide

There are serveral applications that enable you to test and interrogate APIs. We use POSTMAN. It's free and you can download and install it from here: POSTMAN

You can use information in the user guide to setup POSTMAN yourself but we have already done if for you. Download the PostMan BRL collection file here. Import it into POSTMAN, set your API Key and you can use the Collection to interrogate the API and see the results on-screen.

By using POSTMAN you can see the format of the instructions necessary to query the API and can also see the way thr results are formatted.