# Any API changes ? Captain name not being picked up

**URL:** <https://forum.navigraph.com/t/any-api-changes-captain-name-not-being-picked-up/23507>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [May 24, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/any-api-changes-captain-name-not-being-picked-up/23507 "2026-05-24T10:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![fatih.koz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/fatih.koz/32/4128_2.png) [@fatih.koz](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/fatih.koz)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/any-api-changes-captain-name-not-being-picked-up/23507/1 "2026-05-24T10:14:50Z")

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Hi,

Recently I am observing that after passing the required data through the API, Captain’s name is not being used/shown on generated OFP’s.

As per the post here (and in developers portal), we should be sending it with “cpt” as the key and the value as string, and this is what we were doing for years.

Are there any undocumented changes in the API or this is just a bug ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Rodeo314](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/rodeo314/32/103_2.png) [@Rodeo314](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/Rodeo314)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/any-api-changes-captain-name-not-being-picked-up/23507/2 "2026-05-24T11:10:51Z")

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Yes, this is intentional. The “old”, non-authenticated API no longer includes the captain name (as a simple user, I am not privy to the reason for the change, but I imagine this is because it often is a real person’s full name and as such can be considered private information).

There is another, authenticated way to fetch the OFP which does include all the data, although I don’t remember the details off the top of my head.

Regards,

Tim

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**Author:** ![Rodeo314](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/rodeo314/32/103_2.png) [@Rodeo314](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/Rodeo314)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/any-api-changes-captain-name-not-being-picked-up/23507/3 "2026-05-24T11:13:07Z")

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Here is some additional information:

> [@Simbrief XML file](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/simbrief-xml-file/22801/2):
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> Hi, this data is no longer available in v1 of the API. The developer will need to move to a newer version of the API, which requires them to implement the [Navigraph Authentication flow](https://developers.navigraph.com/docs/authentication/overview). If this is something they are interested in, they should reach out to [dev@navigraph.com](mailto:dev@navigraph.com) for further guidance! Best regards,

Regards,

Tim

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**Author:** ![fatih.koz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/fatih.koz/32/4128_2.png) [@fatih.koz](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/fatih.koz)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/any-api-changes-captain-name-not-being-picked-up/23507/4 "2026-05-24T12:10:53Z")

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Hi Tim,

Looks like it is the reason (even though I do send a privatized name) the return does not include it… But the v1 of the API already uses authentication, which is required to begin the process.

But the endpoint returning the XML was a little bit out of date and sort of non-authorized 🙂 Probably they wanted to implement more data protection there. I will investigate further, thanks for the links 😉