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api-ninjas-com Transportation API

The Transportation API from api-ninjas-com — 1 operation(s) for transportation.

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GET /v1/vinlookup Lookup vehicle information by VIN #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ninjas Transportation API
  description: 'Combined OpenAPI specification for every API Ninjas endpoint. Requests go to https://api.api-ninjas.com with an `X-Api-Key` header; get a free key at https://api-ninjas.com/register. Human-readable docs: https://api-ninjas.com/api. Index for LLMs: https://api-ninjas.com/llms.txt.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: API Ninjas
    url: https://api-ninjas.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.api-ninjas.com
  description: API Ninjas Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Transportation
paths:
  /v1/vinlookup:
    get:
      summary: Lookup vehicle information by VIN
      description: Decodes a 17-character Vehicle Identification Number, or a Japanese domestic chassis number, and returns the vehicle's manufacturer, model, body class, country and region of manufacture, and model year.
      operationId: vinLookup
      tags:
      - Transportation
      parameters:
      - name: vin
        in: query
        required: true
        description: 17-character VIN, or a Japanese chassis (frame) number such as ZVW30-1234567.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^([A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}|[A-Z0-9]{2,8}-?[0-9]{4,8})$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  vin:
                    type: string
                    example: JH4KA7561PC008269
                    description: The VIN or chassis number that was decoded.
                  country:
                    type: string
                    example: Japan
                  manufacturer:
                    type: string
                    example: Acura
                  model:
                    type: string
                    example: Legend
                  class:
                    type: string
                    example: Sedan/Saloon
                  region:
                    type: string
                    example: Asia
                  wmi:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    example: JH4
                    description: 'World Manufacturer Identifier: VIN characters 1-3.'
                  vds:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    example: KA7561
                    description: 'Vehicle Descriptor Section: VIN characters 4-9.'
                  vis:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    example: PC008269
                    description: 'Vehicle Identifier Section: VIN characters 10-17.'
                  year:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    example: '1993'
                    description: Model year.
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - Invalid VIN or chassis number
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - API Key missing or invalid
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
externalDocs:
  description: API Ninjas documentation
  url: https://api-ninjas.com/api