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CarGurus Car Selector API

Open API for building new/used listing search widgets.

CarGurus Car Selector API is one of 4 APIs that CarGurus publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Car Selector. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/api/1.0, https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/api/2.0.

3 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/api/1.0
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Car Selector 3

Open API for building new/used listing search widgets.

GET
/carselector/listMakes.action
List makes
listMakes 1 param → 200
GET
/carselector/listModels.action
List models
listModels 2 params → 200
GET
/carselector/listingSearch.action
Listing search redirect
listingSearch 5 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ListMakesResponse (5 properties), ListModelsResponse (5 properties), Distance (3 properties), Entity (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListModelsResponse
object
5 properties
ListMakesResponse
object
5 properties
Entity
object
3 properties
Distance
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cargurus-dealer-car-selector-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs CarGurus publishes across the network.

CarGurus Dealer Reviews API
CarGurus Dealer Stats API
CarGurus Instant Market Value API