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Tesla Motors Vehicles API

The Vehicles API from Tesla Motors — 11 operation(s) for vehicles.

Tesla Motors Vehicles API is one of 4 APIs that Tesla Motors publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 11 operations across 11 paths, and defines 20 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://owner-api.teslamotors.com/.

11 operations 11 paths 20 schemas 11 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://owner-api.teslamotors.com
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 11

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 11 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Vehicles 11
GET
/api/1/vehicles
Tesla List all Vehicles
GetVehicles → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}
Tesla Retrieve a vehicle
GetVehicle 1 param → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/mobile_enabled
Tesla Mobile Access
GetVehicleMobileEnabled 1 param → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/data_request/charge_state
Tesla Charge State
GetVehicleChargeState 1 param → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/data_request/climate_state
Tesla Climate Settings
GetVehicleClimateState 1 param → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/data_request/drive_state
Tesla Driving and Position
GetVehicleDriveState 1 param → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/data_request/gui_settings
Tesla GUI Settings
GetVehilceGuiSettings 1 param → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/data_request/vehicle_state
Tesla Vehicle State
GetVehicleState 1 param → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/data_request/vehicle_config
Tesla Vehicle Config
GetVehicleConfig 1 param → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/vehicle_data
Tesla Vehicle Data
GetVehicleData 2 params → 200
GET
/api/1/vehicles/{vehicle_id}/nearby_charging_sites
Tesla Get Nearby Chargers
NearbyChargers 1 param → 200

Schemas 20

The contract defines 20 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ChargeState (41 properties), VehicleState (37 properties), ClimateState (29 properties), VehicleConfig (22 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VehicleConfig
object
22 properties
Vehicle
object
8 properties
VehicleState
object
37 properties
VehicleStateResponse
object
1 property 1 required
GetVehiclesResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
DestinationCharger
object
4 properties
VehicleConfigResponse
object
1 property 1 required
ClimateSettingsResponse
object
1 property 1 required
NearbyChargerResponse
object
1 property
DriveStateResponse
object
1 property 1 required
VehicleResponse
object
1 property
DriveState
object
12 properties
ChargeState
object
41 properties
ClimateState
object
29 properties
GuiState
object
7 properties
ChargeStateResponse
object
1 property 1 required
GuistateResponse
object
1 property 1 required
MobileAccessResponse
object
1 property 1 required
Supercharger
object
7 properties
VehicleDataResponse
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tesla-motors-vehicles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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