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U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation Vehicles API

Vehicle search and list endpoints

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U.S. Department of Transportation Vehicles API is one of 41 APIs that U.S. Department of Transportation 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.

This API exposes 17 operations across 17 paths, and defines 24 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.6.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov/qc/services.

17 operations 17 paths 24 schemas 17 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.6.0
Base URL
https://catalog.data.faa.gov/api/3
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 17

Across 17 paths, the API surfaces 17 operations — 17 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Vehicles 17

Vehicle search and list endpoints

GET
/vehicles
Get vehicles
getVehicles 4 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/byArtemisId
Get vehicles by artemis id
getVehiclesByArtemisId 3 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/byMultipleArtemisIds
Get vehicles by multiple artemis ids
getVehiclesByMultipleArtemisIds 3 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/byClass
Get vehicles by class
getVehiclesByClass 5 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/byIds
Get vehicles by ids
getVehiclesByIds 5 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/byManufacturer
Get vehicles by manufacturer
getVehiclesByManufacturer 11 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/byNcapId
Get vehicles by ncap id
getVehiclesByNcapId 5 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/bySearch
Get vehicles by search
getVehiclesBySearch 12 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/byVin
Get vehicles by vin
getVehiclesByVin 3 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/byYmmt
Get vehicles by ymmt
getVehiclesByYmmt 9 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/classes
Get vehicles classes
getVehiclesClasses 2 params → 200500
GET
/vehicles/makes
Get vehicles makes
getVehiclesMakes 4 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/manufacturers
Get vehicles manufacturers
getVehiclesManufacturers 3 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/modelYears
Get vehicles model years
getVehiclesModelYears 2 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/models
Get vehicles models
getVehiclesModels 5 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/trims
Get vehicles trims
getVehiclesTrims 5 params → 200400500
GET
/vehicles/{id}/details
Get vehicles by id details
getVehiclesByIdDetails 3 params → 200400500

Schemas 24

The contract defines 24 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VehicleDetails (17 properties), VehicleBasic (15 properties), ComplaintAggregate (12 properties), RecallAggregate (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Rating
object
8 properties
MFRCommunicationAggregate
object
6 properties
VehicleBasic
object
15 properties
SafetyFeature
object
3 properties
PartialVehicle
object
7 properties
PartialVehicleWrapped
object
2 properties
VehicleBasicWrapped
object
2 properties
Components
object
1 property
SafetyRatingAggregate
object
3 properties
Recalls
object
2 properties
SafetyIssueAggregate
object
4 properties
CrashTestRating
object
10 properties
Investigations
object
2 properties
Message
object
4 properties
Meta
object
3 properties
VehicleDetailsWrapped
object
2 properties
ComplaintAggregate
object
12 properties
InvestigationAggregate
object
8 properties
VehicleDetails
object
17 properties
Media
object
2 properties
Feature
object
3 properties
Pagination
object
9 properties
RecommendedFeature
object
8 properties
RecallAggregate
object
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

us-dot-vehicles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
us-dot:us-dot-vehicles-api
Base URL
https://catalog.data.faa.gov/api/3
Docs
https://catalog.data.faa.gov/
Provider
U.S. Department of Transportation
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