Technology · TEC-01E · REST · Consent-based · Business use
A phone tracking API does one job well: given a mobile number and the number holder's consent, it returns that phone's live location to your application. For logistics apps, field-force tools and delivery platforms, that is often the only location primitive you need — no SDK on the end-user's phone, no device to ship, no per-user hardware.
What it is — and isn't
This is a business capability for locating drivers, delivery agents and field employees who have consented to be tracked for a trip or shift. It is delivered as a clean API you call from your own backend, and the platform runs the consent workflow so your application never handles that sensitive step alone.
It is explicitly not a covert tracing tool. No location is returned for a number whose holder has not granted logged consent, and sessions are scoped to the business engagement. Those constraints are a feature, not a limitation — they are what keep your product on the right side of the line.
For product teams
Submit a number, receive coordinates, accuracy, operator and status as predictable JSON.
Resolve many numbers in a single call for fleet- and platform-scale polling.
The platform triggers, captures and logs consent; you poll a status endpoint and track only ready numbers.
Receive geofence and deviation events as push callbacks instead of polling for them.
Build against test numbers with a technical account manager before you go live.
Airtel, Jio and Vi behind one contract — no carrier branching in your code.
Questions
They share the same platform and endpoints. 'Phone tracking API' simply describes the same consent-based capability from the perspective of locating a phone number inside your own app.
No. The API returns no location for any number whose holder has not granted logged consent. This is enforced by the platform.
No SDK is required on the tracked phone. Location is resolved over the network once consent is granted.
Yes, the bulk endpoint handles many numbers per call, which is the right pattern for fleet and platform use.
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