Setting up data transfer from devices
To work with the Track & Trace API, couriers must send their order status and current location data. The API supports sending data through the app or a GPS device.
The Yandex Courier mobile app
If GPS delivery confirmation is done from the Yandex Courier app, you can leave the IMEI field empty. The actual data from the mobile app is sent to Yandex automatically after the route is selected.
Enabling access for couriers:
To grant couriers access to the Yandex Courier app:
- Go to the routing workspace interface https://yandex.com/courier and log into your company's account.
- In the menu on the left, go to .
- Add the couriers' phone numbers in the format “+1**********”.
Instructions and a video tutorial for the app are available in Yandex Courier application.
GPS devices
Actual data from GPS devices is sent using the ERA GLONASS Telematics Standard pursuant to order No. 285 (EGTS) of the Russian Ministry of Transport. Data from devices must be sent in real time.
Device configuration requirements:
| Protocol: | EGTS |
| Server address: | egts.yandex.net |
| TCP port: | 4000 |
| Device ID: | Number set by the device owner |
| Frequency of sending location data, in motion: | Every 20 seconds |
| Frequency of sending location data, not in motion: | Every 120 seconds |
| Maximum location data sending delay: | 24 hours |
| Protocol: | EGTS |
| Server address: | egts.yandex.net |
| TCP port: | 4000 |
| Device ID: | Number set by the device owner |
| Frequency of sending location data, in motion: | Every 20 seconds |
| Frequency of sending location data, not in motion: | Every 120 seconds |
| Maximum location data sending delay: | 24 hours |
Notes:
Devices are identified by a “terminal ID”: a number set by the device owner and sent in the EGTS service data. The device ID and GPRS module IMEI are different numbers. The IMEI consists of 15 to 17 digits in decimal format. The API only supports numeric IDs and IMEIs.
The system ignores location messages with a time delay of more than one day.