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CarGurus Instant Market Value API

Retrieve CarGurus Instant Market Value and deal rating for cars.

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

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 5 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.

1 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 POST

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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Instant Market Value 1

Retrieve CarGurus Instant Market Value and deal rating for cars.

POST
/imvRequest.action
Get Instant Market Value
imvRequest 3 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ImvRequestListing (12 properties), ImvResponseListing (10 properties), ImvResponse (3 properties), ApiError (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ImvRequestListing
object
12 properties
ImvResponseListing
object
10 properties
ImvRequest
object
1 property
ApiError
object
2 properties
ImvResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cargurus-dealer-instant-market-value-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs CarGurus publishes across the network.

CarGurus Car Selector API
CarGurus Dealer Reviews API
CarGurus Dealer Stats API