How can I retrieve historical incident data from Tomtom's API using Python requests?

Question

I am trying to retrieve some historical data regarding incidents from Tomtom's api using requests module in python.

I tried this code:

#defining the retrieved properties of the incident
query = '{incidents{geometry{type,coordinates},properties{iconCategory,startTime,endTime,length}}}'


url = "https://api.tomtom.com/traffic/services/1/history/incidentDetails"

params = {
    "key": "I entered my key",
    "bbox": "-73.9345 40.71481 -73.95557 40.70115",
    "date": "2023-05-25",
    "time": "14:00:00",
    "fields": "{incidents{geometry{type,coordinates},properties{iconCategory,startTime,endTime,length}}}"
}

# Send the POST request to the incident endpoint
response = requests.get(url, params = params)

print(response)

the output response was: <Response [596]> instead of: <Response [200]>

I'd check the body of the response. Might be related to the fact that you never use the `params` or your `POST` is actually a `GET`. — Klaus D., May 30 '23 at 09:26
You are right I forgot to add the `params` here but It still doesn't work, I will edit my post soon. — Bashar Moalla, May 30 '23 at 09:32
what is this url? what is the product that you were trying to use? — szogoon, Jun 01 '23 at 14:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '23 at 20:06

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I tried this another request:

url = f"https://api.tomtom.com/traffic/trafficstats/1/speedIndex/52.379189,4.899431,52.389189,4.909431/2021/07/23/07:00.json?key={YOUR_API_KEY}"

the output response changed to <Response [403]> , then I found out that the problem is because I was using my free api key instead of the paid one which is used for additional services like retrieving historical data.

answered May 30 '23 at 20:06

Bashar Moalla

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TrafficStats can be evaluated if you register at https://move.tomtom.com – szogoon Jun 01 '23 at 14:57

How can I retrieve historical incident data from Tomtom's API using Python requests?

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