Flying internation tommorrow and did online check-in.

I noticed on my BP I printed it says "Verify API" / Passport/ Intl Doc Requirements.

What is API?

Another item at the bottom of the page after the boarding pass it says:
"International Travelers are required to either swipe a passport at an airport kiosk or present it to an agent at least 1hr prior to departure".

Having flown International three times last year I don't recall swiping my passport or presenting it to an agent 1hr before departure (on the USA side), only showing my passport when boarding the plane,
nor do I remember seeing this on my OLCI printouts from last year.

So, since I already have done OLCI and leaving from the US side do I need to stop at the kiosk and swipe my passport or show it to an agent 1 hour before departure? Or just do what I normally do and show it as I board.

I usually do a kiosk swipe when I'm abroad, but do OLCI when at home.
Again I just don't remember seeing any of that on my OLCI printouts from last year when leaving stateside.

I had a paper ticket to Malaga a few months ago, and they did swipe my passport at the airport check in. When I went to CDG and did online check in, still had to swipe my passport at DTW, when I checked in luggage.

I have no checked luggage, and for previous flights to Japan, I never swiped my passport (state side) at the kiosk before leaving, or showing it to a agent "1 hour before departure", only time I've shown my passport on previous flights was when boarding.

So when I saw:

"International Travelers are required to either swipe a passport at an airport kiosk or present it to an agent at least 1hr prior to departure"

printed below my boarding passes it confused me since it wasn't noted on my printouts from last year nor did I do any of that (state side).

Even though I'm already checked-in and have BP's printed, I still need to find a kiosk to swipe my passport or show it to the gate agent 1 hr before departure?

If you have your boarding pass, and are checked in, then they may just verify it at the gate. This is pretty standard for international flights.

Yes I know,

re: I've had it done before many times showing it to the gate agent processing the BP's when I'm boarding.

The thing that I'm confused about is the:
"Present it to an agent at least 1 hr before departure".

Haven't seen that before, on my documents from last year. so I was curious if it was something "new" in that I "had" to either swipe or have it checked 1hr before, not the standard checking while boarding.

I'll see tommorrow at the gate.

Os thiis related at all to the new international security procedures? For return to the US, don't the airlines have to transmit to US immigration a verified list of everyone on the plane?

Last week, checking in at the kiosk in AMS for a return to the US, my wp card wasn't recognized for a reservation. I swiped my passport and it was recognized and I got the bp for AMS-DTW. Not the rest of the itinerary, thought.
tom

API = Advance Passenger Information
Air Canada says this about it:

"Air Canada (like all other airlines) is required to adhere to the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS), which requires the collection of specific information from every passenger travelling to Canada, to/from the U.S. and other countries. This information is required for the purposes of ensuring aviation safety and security.

Travellers must supply Advance Passenger Information at time of check-in or they will be unable to travel.

Following is a list of information required:

Full name (last name, first name, middle name if applicable)
Gender
Date of Birth
Nationality
Country of residence
Travel document type (normally passport)
Travel document number (expiry date and country of issue for passport)
Destination address in the U.S. (Not required for U.S. nationals, Legal Permanent Residents, or Alien Residents of the U.S. entering the U.S.) "

There is really nothing to worry about, on my flight to CDG last week they were processing several people's passports at the gate during the boarding process.