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PartsTech Vcdb API

Vehicle Configuration Database

PartsTech Vcdb API is one of 33 APIs that PartsTech publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include vcdb. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.021.1.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.partstech.com, https://api.beta.partstech.com.

8 operations 8 paths 3 schemas 8 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.021.1
Base URL
https://api.partstech.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

PartsTech Vcdb API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). An API key is passed in the header as credentials (apiKeyAuth).

  • bearerAuth — Get access to data while protecting your account credentials. Token (a JWT token) are also a safer and more secure way to give you access. It provides two ways…
  • apiKeyAuth — It is a deprecated way to get access to the methods, used only in the methods, that were in the previous version. It provides two ways of an access: - user - G…

Paths & Operations 8

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 8 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

vcdb 8

Vehicle Configuration Database

GET
/taxonomy/vehicles/vin/{vin}
Get Vehicle By VIN
getVehicleByVin 1 param → 200
GET
/taxonomy/vehicles/{vehicleID}
Get/Search Vehicles
getVehicle 1 param → 200
GET
/taxonomy/vehicles
List Vehicles
listVehicles 6 params → 200
GET
/taxonomy/vehicles/years
Get Years
getYears 2 params → 200
GET
/taxonomy/vehicles/makes
Get Makes
getMakes 3 params → 200
GET
/taxonomy/vehicles/models
Get Models
getModels 3 params → 200
GET
/taxonomy/vehicles/submodels
Get Submodels
getSubmodels 5 params → 200
GET
/taxonomy/vehicles/engines
Get Engines
getEngines 5 params → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ResponseVehicle (16 properties), EngineParams (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

EngineParams
object
5 properties 5 required
Regions
array
Array of country codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ResponseVehicle
objectnull
16 properties 15 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

partstech-vcdb-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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