CarsXE Recalls API
Safety recall lookup — 6 operations covering single-VIN recalls, recalls by year/make/model, and the asynchronous Recalls Batch surface (submit up to 10,000 VINs, poll status, retrieve or download results, with an optional completion webhook).
CarsXE Recalls API is one of 21 APIs that CarsXE publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Recalls, Safety, and Batch. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and an API reference.
This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.carsxe.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 3
CarsXE Recalls API declares
3 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as key (ApiKeyQuery).
An API key is passed in the header as PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (X402Payment).
An API key is passed in the header as X-CarsXE-Batch-Token (RecallsBatchToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ApiKeyQuery— Your CarsXE API key, passed as the key query parameter.X402Payment— x402 payment proof for supported operations. Start without a CarsXE key to receive HTTP 402 payment requirements, then retry the identical request with the pay…RecallsBatchToken— Batch-scoped token returned by an x402 Recalls Batch submission.
Paths & Operations 6
Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 5 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Safety recalls by VIN, including bulk batches
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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