Turn Q88 into an API

What you can build on Q88

• Get due and expired certificates

  Build this

  Reads the Due Certificates or Expired view in Certificates & Docs, for all fleets or the fleet you pick in All Fleets.

  Takes

  View (Due Certificates or Expired), fleet (optional), vessel (optional)

  Returns

  Vessel, certificate or document, type, issued, expires, due, next annual, issued or certified by, has attachment

• Get Fleet Status

  Build this

  Reads the Fleet Status table under Vessels: each vessel's HVPQ version and date, missing questions, due certificates, Q88 publication and latest offline submission.

  Takes

  Nothing

  Returns

  Vessel name, HVPQ version, HVPQ import date, missing questions, due certificates, Q88 published, latest offline submission

• Get a certificate's details

  Build this

  Opens one certificate or document in Certificates & Docs for a vessel and reads its dates, reference, survey windows and comments.

  Takes

  Vessel, certificate or document name

  Returns

  Certificate or document, code, reference, issued, expires, last annual, next annual, window, reminder, comments

• Email a questionnaire

  Build this

  Creates a questionnaire for a vessel, selects Click to Continue, then Email Questionnaire, and sends it from Compose Email with the documents you name.

  Takes

  Vessel, questionnaire, recipients, subject, message, documents from Certificates & Docs (optional)

  Returns

  Vessel, questionnaire, recipients, sent at

Automate Q88 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.

• Certificates and documents coming due, weekly

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 7:00

  Step 1

  Get the certificates in the Due Certificates view for all fleets.

  Step 2

  Keep the rows that were not in the view on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the list grouped by vessel, with type, expiry date and due date.

• Fleet Status check before the working day

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 8:00

  Step 1

  Read the Fleet Status table for every vessel.

  Step 2

  Keep vessels with missing questions, due certificates or an HVPQ version other than 6.

  Step 3

  Post each one, with its counts, to your webhook for the vetting team.

• Expired certificates, changed since yesterday

  Build this

  Starts

  Every day at 6:00

  Step 1

  Get the certificates in the Expired view for all fleets.

  Step 2

  Keep the ones that are new or changed since the last run, and stop if there are none.

  Step 3

  Email you each vessel's expired certificates with their expiry dates.

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 due and expired certificates” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "q88.com/get_due_certificates",
    "input": {
      "view": "Due Certificates",
      "fleet": "Product tankers"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "view": "Due Certificates",
    "fleet": "Product tankers",
    "certificates": [
      {
        "vessel": "Northwind Spirit",
        "certificate": "International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate",
        "type": "Statutory",
        "issued": "2022-01-14",
        "expires": "2027-01-13",
        "due": "2026-12-14",
        "next_annual": "2026-12-14",
        "issued_by": "Acme Class",
        "has_attachment": true
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

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.

Q88’s own options

Veson offers the Q88 Web Services API, a SOAP service, as an add-on to a Q88 subscription, priced through your Account Manager. Most of its operations read vessel data, and certificates and officer matrices can be written. Veson turns on each operation and registers your public IP addresses itself.

Read on November 12, 2026: Q88 Web Services API reference, Main certificates page overview, Q88 Fleet Status.

Signing in to Q88

Q88 signs you in with your email address and password, or with your corporate credentials when your company uses single sign-on. Each person needs their own login, and a second sign-in to the same login ends the first. With Fous you sign in once through Q88'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

One login, one session

Veson does not allow concurrent logins or shared login names. If someone else signs in to the same login, the user already signed in is removed, so sign in with a login nobody else is using.

Failed sign-ins lock the account

Several failed sign-in attempts can lock a Q88 account, and only Veson Support can lift the lock.

Modules feed the questionnaires

Information saved in other modules, such as Certificates & Docs, is saved to the questionnaires too. Keeping certificates current keeps the Q88 form and other questionnaires current.

API writes overwrite

The Web Services import operations for certificates and officer matrices replace existing data rather than merge it, and Veson advises contacting Support before the first import.

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