Turn DG Shipping e-Governance into an API

What you can build on the e-Gov portal

• Get a seafarer's sea service records

  Build this

  Enters an INDoS number on Foreign Ship Engagement, Sign-On/Sign-Off and reads the personal details and the list of sea service details the portal fills in.

  Takes

  INDoS number

  Returns

  Seafarer name, INDoS number, each record's date of commencement of contract, date of sign on ship, date of sign off ship, onboard change

• Check an application's status

  Build this

  Opens Inbox, View Application Details, enters an application number and date, and reads the status and any query raised on it.

  Takes

  Application number, application date

  Returns

  Application number, application date, status, query raised, query text

• Read your RPS License notifications

  Build this

  Opens Inbox, RPS License and reads the license, then reads My License Notification(s) for renewal and annual inspection notices.

  Takes

  Nothing

  Returns

  License details shown, each notification's text, whether renewal or annual inspection can be applied for

• Record a seafarer's sign off ship

  Build this

  Enters an INDoS number on Foreign Ship Engagement, Sign-On/Sign-Off, clicks Click to Sign off for the open record and submits the sign off details.

  Takes

  INDoS number, sign off details

  Returns

  INDoS number, date of sign on ship, date of sign off ship, result

Automate the e-Gov portal with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Queries raised on pending applications

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 9:00 India Standard Time

  Step 1

  For each application number and date you list, check the application's status.

  Step 2

  Keep the applications whose status changed since the last run or that have a query raised.

  Step 3

  Email you the list with application number, status and query text.

• Sea service check before a seafarer joins

  Build this

  Starts

  When your crewing system calls the workflow's webhook with an INDoS number

  Step 1

  Get the seafarer's sea service records for the INDoS number.

  Step 2

  Keep the records with a date of sign on ship and no date of sign off ship.

  Step 3

  Post the seafarer's name, INDoS number and those records to your crewing system's webhook.

• RPS License renewal and inspection notices

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 8:00 India Standard Time

  Step 1

  Read your RPS License and My License Notification(s).

  Step 2

  Keep the notifications that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you each new notification with the license details.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get a seafarer's sea service records” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "dgma.gov.in/get_sea_service_records",
    "input": {
      "indos_number": "26AB1234"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "indos_number": "26AB1234",
    "seafarer_name": "Arjun Rao",
    "sea_service": [
      {
        "date_of_commencement_of_contract": "2026-04-02",
        "date_of_sign_on_ship": "2026-04-05",
        "date_of_sign_off_ship": "2026-10-28",
        "onboard_change": null
      },
      {
        "date_of_commencement_of_contract": "2026-11-03",
        "date_of_sign_on_ship": "2026-11-06",
        "date_of_sign_off_ship": null,
        "onboard_change": null
      }
    ]
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

The e-Gov portal’s own options

DGMA documents no API, file exchange or export for licensed RPS agencies or shipping companies on the e-Gov portal. Its Seafarers' Manual of April 2026 says new systems, e-Samudra among them, are being developed and that external applications would be integrated through APIs, without describing a public interface.

Read on November 12, 2026: DGMA Seafarers' Manual, April 2026, DGMA IT & E-Governance manuals.

Signing in to the e-Gov portal

The e-Gov portal signs you in with a User Id and Password provided by DGMA, emailed to a licensed RPS when its application is approved. Opening an RPS section then asks for a separate profile password. With Fous you sign in once through the portal's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

Two passwords for the RPS sections

After signing in with your User Id and Password, the Recruitment and Placement Services sections ask for the profile password before showing the Inbox or Company Profile.

Sign-on and sign-off work by INDoS number

Foreign Ship Engagement starts from an INDoS number. Indian Ship Engagement (Articles of Agreement) starts from the seafarer's CDC number, and Sign-Off Shore Indian Ship also asks for fee details.

The eMigrate number comes later

A Sign-On Shore Indian Ship submission generates an application number at once. The portal shares the data with eMigrate and says the eMigrate Reference Number will be generated soon.

Nil Declaration by month

Nil Declaration is filed for a month and year: you select both, mark the declaration and submit. The manual warns that not filing it may lead to suspension of the licensed RPS.

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