Vehicle API FAQ

Yes we do. Check out our CSV datafeed product.

Yes, please review our Terms of Use and contact us if you have any additional questions.

Car API is a language agnostic RESTful API so any language like Python, PHP, Java, NodeJS, C#, and JavaScript will work. Just issue HTTP GET requests to CarAPI using an HTTP client library in your language of choice.

Refunds are assessed on a case-by-case basis. We encourage users to read the documentation and use the free dataset to determine if CarAPI is right for their needs before subscribing. If you've become a subscriber and would like to request a refund you may contact us here.

CarAPI doesn't have a car image API yet, but we are working on it. Check back frequently or create an account for updates to the car query API.

CarAPI now has a VIN API. You may also be interested in https://vincheck.report.

Vehicle data can be retrieved in JSON, JSON-LD, and HAL+JSON formats. How you render that in HTML is up to you. React, VueJS, and server-side templating engines in NodeJS, PHP, Java, C#, Python and others are all great options.

CarAPI is not associated with NHTSA, but you can use our API to pull similar vehicle information.

Scraping is not necessary with CarAPI's vehicle information API. Simply make HTTP GET requests to our endpoints. You can request the JSON data real-time or store it in your database in any format. It's up to you.

Edmunds closed the doors on their vehicle API in 2018. CarAPI is not affiliated with Edmunds, but we are an excellent alternative to the Edmunds Developer API.

The API returns vehicle data for cars sold in the United States only.

CarAPI is an Application Programming Interface (API), but some use the term web service.

Read the full documentation here. You can also request this data separately through the year, make, and model specific endpoints for your car API query.

Yes, absolutely. We advise you to cache data as you request it from CarAPI. If you'd like to do a full cache, but are worried about hitting rate limits then please contact support.

Yes. Each subscription plan has both per day and per minute rate limits. Each subscription defaults to a per day hard limit which means requests over the amount allowed by your plan in a day will result in an HTTP 429 Too Many Requests response. You can opt into a soft limit and be charged for each additional request to avoid the hard limit.

On the dashboard click Cancel subscription. Your account will remain active until the subscription period ends. You can also manage your subscription through our Stripe Customer Portal which will appear after you've subscribed.

Watch our GitHub repository at https://github.com/car-api-team/docs. When you become a watcher you can subscribe to specific events like releases. Our release notes contain any changes to the API.

In the navigation click Profile, then API Secret. Remember to store this safely and securely. We will not be able to recover your secret for you, but you can always generate a new secret.

Create an account and subscribe to a plan. On your user dashboard click Purchase Full Access. You will be billed yearly through Stripe Checkout (request overage fees may apply depending on your subscription plan). You may cancel at anytime.

Please contact us at anytime to answer additional questions.

The API returns vehicle data for cars sold in the United States since 1900.

CarAPI has automotive data from 1900 to today for Year, Make, Model and Submodel. For build options (trims) and specifications, data goes back to 1990.

Yes we do. Check out our CSV datafeed product.

Yes, please review our Terms of Use and contact us if you have any additional questions.

Car API is a language agnostic RESTful API so any language like Python, PHP, Java, NodeJS, C#, and JavaScript will work. Just issue HTTP GET requests to CarAPI using an HTTP client library in your language of choice.

Refunds are assessed on a case-by-case basis. We encourage users to read the documentation and use the free dataset to determine if CarAPI is right for their needs before subscribing. If you've become a subscriber and would like to request a refund you may contact us here.

CarAPI doesn't have a car image API yet, but we are working on it. Check back frequently or create an account for updates to the car query API.

CarAPI now has a VIN API. You may also be interested in https://vincheck.report.

Vehicle data can be retrieved in JSON, JSON-LD, and HAL+JSON formats. How you render that in HTML is up to you. React, VueJS, and server-side templating engines in NodeJS, PHP, Java, C#, Python and others are all great options.

CarAPI is not associated with NHTSA, but you can use our API to pull similar vehicle information.

Scraping is not necessary with CarAPI's vehicle information API. Simply make HTTP GET requests to our endpoints. You can request the JSON data real-time or store it in your database in any format. It's up to you.

Edmunds closed the doors on their vehicle API in 2018. CarAPI is not affiliated with Edmunds, but we are an excellent alternative to the Edmunds Developer API.

The API returns vehicle data for cars sold in the United States only.

CarAPI is an Application Programming Interface (API), but some use the term web service.

Read the full documentation here. You can also request this data separately through the year, make, and model specific endpoints for your car API query.

Yes, absolutely. We advise you to cache data as you request it from CarAPI. If you'd like to do a full cache, but are worried about hitting rate limits then please contact support.

Yes. Each subscription plan has both per day and per minute rate limits. Each subscription defaults to a per day hard limit which means requests over the amount allowed by your plan in a day will result in an HTTP 429 Too Many Requests response. You can opt into a soft limit and be charged for each additional request to avoid the hard limit.

On the dashboard click Cancel subscription. Your account will remain active until the subscription period ends. You can also manage your subscription through our Stripe Customer Portal which will appear after you've subscribed.

Watch our GitHub repository at https://github.com/car-api-team/docs. When you become a watcher you can subscribe to specific events like releases. Our release notes contain any changes to the API.

In the navigation click Profile, then API Secret. Remember to store this safely and securely. We will not be able to recover your secret for you, but you can always generate a new secret.

Create an account and subscribe to a plan. On your user dashboard click Purchase Full Access. You will be billed yearly through Stripe Checkout (request overage fees may apply depending on your subscription plan). You may cancel at anytime.

Please contact us at anytime to answer additional questions.

The API returns vehicle data for cars sold in the United States since 1900.

CarAPI has automotive data from 1900 to today for Year, Make, Model and Submodel. For build options (trims) and specifications, data goes back to 1990.