Car API (carapi.app)

Car API (carapi.app) Authentication API

Endpoints for obtaining a JWT token for API access.

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POST /api/auth/login Authenticate and Obtain JWT #

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/car-api/refs/heads/main/openapi/car-api-authentication-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

car-api-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Car Authentication API
  description: CarAPI provides detailed vehicle information including specifications, pricing, and availability for a wide range of cars. The REST API allows clients to authenticate, look up vehicle models, retrieve trim-level detail, and query enumerated vehicle attributes.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: CarAPI Support
    url: https://carapi.app/
  termsOfService: https://carapi.app/
servers:
- url: https://carapi.app
  description: CarAPI production server
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Endpoints for obtaining a JWT token for API access.
paths:
  /api/auth/login:
    post:
      operationId: authLogin
      summary: Authenticate and Obtain JWT
      description: Authenticates with CarAPI credentials and returns a JWT bearer token valid for seven days.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoginRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A JWT token
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericObject'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    GenericObject:
      type: object
      description: Generic JSON object response.
      additionalProperties: true
    LoginRequest:
      type: object
      description: API credentials used to obtain a JWT token.
      additionalProperties: true
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Generic error response.
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
      additionalProperties: true
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication credentials are missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: JWT bearer token obtained from /api/auth/login.
externalDocs:
  description: CarAPI Documentation
  url: https://carapi.app/docs/
x-generated-from: https://carapi.app/docs/
x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08