# Get fishing events within an existing region (Senegal EEZ) (POST) (/docs/examples/events/post-example5)



**Query parameters**

| Parameter | Value | Description                   |
| --------- | ----- | ----------------------------- |
| `offset`  | `0`   | Pagination offset             |
| `limit`   | `1`   | Max number of events returned |

**Request body**

| Field            | Value                                     | Description             |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| `datasets`       | `["public-global-fishing-events:latest"]` | Fishing events dataset  |
| `startDate`      | `2020-10-01`                              | Start of the date range |
| `endDate`        | `2020-12-31`                              | End of the date range   |
| `flags`          | `["CHN"]`                                 | Filter by vessel flag   |
| `region.dataset` | `public-eez-areas`                        | Existing region dataset |
| `region.id`      | `8371`                                    | Senegal EEZ region id   |

**Request**

<Tabs items="['cURL', 'Python', 'JavaScript']">
  <Tab value="cURL">
    ```shell
    # Make sure to replace [TOKEN] with your API Access Token.
        curl --location --request POST 'https://gateway.api.globalfishingwatch.org/v3/events?offset=0&limit=1' \
        --header 'Authorization: Bearer [TOKEN]' \
        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        --data-raw '{
            "datasets": [ "public-global-fishing-events:latest"],
            "startDate": "2020-10-01",
            "endDate": "2020-12-31",
            "flags": ["CHN"],
            "region":  {
                "dataset": "public-eez-areas",
                "id": 8371
            }
        }'
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="Python">
    ```python
    result = await gfw_client.events.get_all_events(
        datasets=["public-global-fishing-events:latest"],
        start_date="2020-10-01",
        end_date="2020-12-31",
        flags=["CHN"],
        region={
            "dataset": "public-eez-areas",
            "id": 8371,
        },
    )
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab value="JavaScript">
    ```js
    // Make sure to replace [TOKEN] with your API Access Token.
    const res = await fetch('https://gateway.api.globalfishingwatch.org/v3/events?offset=0&limit=1', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        Authorization: 'Bearer [TOKEN]',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({
        datasets: ['public-global-fishing-events:latest'],
        startDate: '2020-10-01',
        endDate: '2020-12-31',
        flags: ['CHN'],
        region: {
          dataset: 'public-eez-areas',
          id: 8371,
        },
      }),
    })
    const data = await res.json()
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

**Response**

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "datasets": ["public-global-fishing-events:v3.0"],
    "dateRange": {
      "from": "2020-10-01",
      "to": "2020-12-31"
    },
    "encounterTypes": [],
    "flags": ["CHN"],
    "region": {
      "dataset": "public-eez-areas",
      "id": 8371
    }
  },
  "limit": 1,
  "offset": 0,
  "nextOffset": 1,
  "total": 627572,
  "entries": [
    {
      "start": "2020-09-26T01:43:25.000Z",
      "end": "2020-10-07T06:33:31.000Z",
      "id": "d2a6b63ea4b654c038194a3fc88ba7ac",
      "type": "fishing",
      "position": {
        "lat": 39.6907,
        "lon": 124.0237
      },
      "regions": {
        "mpa": [],
        "eez": ["8486"],
        "rfmo": ["ACAP", "IWC", "PICES", "WCPFC"],
        "fao": ["61"],
        "majorFao": ["61"],
        "eez12Nm": ["8486"],
        "highSeas": [],
        "mpaNoTakePartial": [],
        "mpaNoTake": []
      },
      "boundingBox": [124.0155016667, 39.6785533333, 124.035055, 39.6993483333],
      "distances": {
        "startDistanceFromShoreKm": 16,
        "endDistanceFromShoreKm": 14,
        "startDistanceFromPortKm": 2.382918,
        "endDistanceFromPortKm": 4.529377
      },
      "vessel": {
        "id": "d320fba36-69f1-1feb-849b-a03829f8860c",
        "name": "LIAODANYU23523",
        "ssvid": "412223961"
      },
      "fishing": {
        "totalDistanceKm": 9.705851662418958,
        "averageSpeedKnots": 0.21297844288636178,
        "averageDurationHours": 0.11517397789514866,
        "potentialRisk": false
      }
    }
  ]
}
```