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Vehicle Databases Vehicles API

Vehicle lookup and VIN decoding

Vehicle Databases Vehicles API is one of 5 APIs that Vehicle Databases publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Vehicles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.vehicledatabases.com/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Server
https://api.vehicledatabases.com/v1
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Vehicle Databases Vehicles API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-API-Key (ApiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKey — Vehicle Databases API key

Paths & Operations 2

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

Vehicles 2

Vehicle lookup and VIN decoding

GET
/vehicle
Vehicle Databases Lookup Vehicle
lookupVehicle 3 params → 200400404
GET
/vin/{vin}
Vehicle Databases Decode VIN
decodeVin 1 param → 200400404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VehicleDetail (12 properties), VehicleListResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VehicleListResponse
object
List of vehicles matching make/model/year lookup
2 properties
VehicleDetail
object
Detailed vehicle information from VIN or lookup
12 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

vehicle-databases-vehicles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Vehicle Databases publishes across the network.

Vehicle Databases Maintenance API
Vehicle Databases Recalls API
Vehicle Databases Services API
Vehicle Databases TSBs API
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