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Department of Transportation

Department of Transportation VIN Decode API

Decode VINs into structured vehicle data

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Department of Transportation VIN Decode API is one of 18 APIs that Department of Transportation publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include VIN Decode. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and 3 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://soa.smext.faa.gov/asws/api/airport/status.

3 operations 3 paths 2 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1
Base URL
https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api
Contact
FAA
License
Public Domain
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

VIN Decode 3

Decode VINs into structured vehicle data

GET
/vehicles/DecodeVin/{vin}
Decode a VIN into key-value pairs
decodeVin 3 params → 200
GET
/vehicles/DecodeVinValues/{vin}
Decode a VIN as a flat (single-row) record
decodeVinValues 3 params → 200
POST
/vehicles/DecodeVINValuesBatch/
Decode up to 50 VINs in a single request
decodeVinBatch body → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VinDecodeResponse (4 properties), VinDecodeFlatResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VinDecodeResponse
object
4 properties
VinDecodeFlatResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

department-of-transportation-vin-decode-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
department-of-transportation:department-of-transportation-vin-decode-api
Base URL
https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api
Docs
https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/
Provider
Department of Transportation
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