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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration VIN Decoding API

Endpoints for decoding Vehicle Identification Numbers

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration VIN Decoding API is one of 6 APIs that National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include VIN Decoding. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles.

5 operations 5 paths 0 schemas 4 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 4 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

VIN Decoding 5

Endpoints for decoding Vehicle Identification Numbers

GET
/DecodeVin/{vin}
Decode a VIN
3 params → 200
GET
/DecodeVinValues/{vin}
Decode a VIN (flat values)
3 params → 200
GET
/DecodeVinExtended/{vin}
Decode a VIN with extended details
3 params → 200
GET
/DecodeVinValuesExtended/{vin}
Decode a VIN with extended details (flat values)
3 params → 200
POST
/DecodeVINValuesBatch/
Batch decode multiple VINs
body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-vin-decoding-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes across the network.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Equipment API
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Makes and Models API
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Manufacturers API
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reference API
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Types API