Car API (carapi.app) License Plate API
The License Plate API from Car API (carapi.app) — 1 operation(s) for license plate.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
version: 2.3.15
title: Car API Documentation License Plate API
description: 'Welcome to CarAPIs vehicle API documentation. The developer friendly Car API.
Start developing with your vehicle API today — no fees, no signup. CarAPIs free vehicle data-set
requires no account. Only pay when you''re ready to go live. The free data-set is limited to 2015-2020 vehicles.
To access the full data-set you may signup here and then select a subscription plan.
**Additional Documentation**
For additional documentation please review https://carapi.app/docs.
**SDKs**
PHP SDK: https://github.com/car-api-team/carapi-php-sdk
**Release Updates**
Check release history here: https://github.com/car-api-team/docs/releases'
servers:
- url: https://carapi.app
tags:
- name: License Plate
paths:
/api/license-plate:
get:
operationId: licenseplate:index:get
summary: License Plate Lookup
description: 'Returns information about the vehicle and the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) associated to the license
plate. Data requirements around the region parameter differ based on the country_code you are requesting data
for. Refer to https://carapi.app/docs/ for additional documentation. Each country makes available different data
so depending on the country requested some values may be returned as null.
For testing, any lookup containing the string "_TEST" will return test data. Example:
- United States: `/api/license-plate?country_code=US®ion=NY&lookup=830UNL_TEST`
- Canada: `/api/license-plate?country_code=CA®ion=BC&lookup=_TEST`
- United Kingdom: `/api/license-plate?country_code=UK&lookup=_TEST-LD59YMR`
The following countries are currently supported: US, CA, AU, UK, FR, IE, NZ, MX, CZ and PT'
tags:
- License Plate
externalDocs:
url: https://carapi.app/docs/
description: ''
parameters:
- in: query
name: country_code
description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (two letters)
required: true
schema:
type: string
- in: query
name: lookup
description: The license plate (registration in some countries) to lookup
required: true
schema:
type: string
- in: query
name: region
description: Province, region or state (required for US, CA and AU)
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: ''
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
year:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
description: Returned for all countries except for Germany
make:
type: string
model:
type: string
body:
type:
- string
- 'null'
vin:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Returned for all countries except for Ireland
engine_description:
type:
- string
- 'null'
assembled_in:
type:
- string
- 'null'
type: object
'404':
description: NotFoundException
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Exception'
'400':
description: BadRequestException
content:
application/json:
schema:
title: BadRequestException
properties:
exception:
example: BadRequestException
type: string
code:
example: 400
type: string
url:
example: /url/path
type: string
message:
example: The request contains invalid data. The returned error message should indicate the issue.
type: string
'405':
description: MethodNotAllowedException
content:
application/json:
schema:
title: MethodNotAllowedException
properties:
exception:
example: MethodNotAllowedException
type: string
code:
example: 405
type: string
url:
example: /url/path
type: string
message:
example: The HTTP method used to request this resource is not valid. For example, using an HTTP POST when the endpoint only accepts HTTP GET.
type: string
'429':
description: 'TooManyRequestsException - Max Per Minute: 600'
content:
application/json:
schema:
title: TooManyRequestsException
properties:
exception:
example: TooManyRequestsException
type: string
code:
example: 429
type: string
url:
example: /url/path
type: string
message:
example: 'TooManyRequestsException - Max Per Minute: 600 (note: daily rate limits may apply, see your subscription plans details)'
type: string
'503':
description: ServiceUnavailableException
content:
application/json:
schema:
title: ServiceUnavailableException
properties:
exception:
example: ServiceUnavailableException
type: string
code:
example: 503
type: string
url:
example: /url/path
type: string
message:
example: The server is unavailable, typically only encountered during scheduled maintenance.
type: string
security:
- bearerAuth: []
components:
schemas:
Exception:
properties:
exception:
example: ExceptionName
type: string
code:
example: 500
type: integer
url:
example: /url/path
type: string
message:
example: Internal Error
type: string
xml:
name: response
type: object
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
x-swagger-bake:
components:
parameters:
paginatorPage:
name: page
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
paginatorLimit:
name: limit
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
paginatorSort:
name: sort
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
paginatorDirection:
name: direction
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- asc
- desc
schemas:
HalJson-Item:
type: object
properties:
links:
type: object
properties:
self:
type: object
properties:
href:
type: string
format: url
example: /entity/:id
HalJson-Collection:
type: object
properties:
links:
type: object
properties:
self:
type: object
properties:
href:
type: string
format: url
example: /collection
next:
type: object
properties:
href:
type: string
format: url
example: /collection?page=:number
prev:
type: object
properties:
href:
type: string
format: url
example: /collection?page=:number
first:
type: object
properties:
href:
type: string
format: url
example: /collection?page=:number
properties:
href:
type: string
format: url
example: /collection?page=:number
last:
type: object
properties:
href:
type: string
format: url
example: /collection?page=:number
JsonLd-Item:
type: object
properties:
'@id':
type: string
format: url
example: /entity/:id
'@type':
type: string
format: url
example: https://schema.org/Thing
'@context':
type: string
format: url
example: /context/Entity
JsonLd-Collection:
type: object
properties:
'@id':
type: string
format: url
example: /entity/:id
'@type':
type: string
format: url
example: https://schema.org/Thing
'@context':
type: string
format: url
example: /context/Entity
view:
type: object
properties:
'@id':
type: string
format: url
example: /index
'@type':
type: string
example: PartialCollectionView
next:
type: string
format: url
example: /index?page=:number
prev:
type: string
format: url
example: /index?page=:number
first:
type: string
format: url
example: /index
last:
type: string
format: url
example: /index?page=:number
Generic-Collection:
properties:
collection:
properties:
url:
example: /collection
type: string
format: url
count:
example: 50
type: integer
pages:
example: 20
type: integer
total:
example: 200
type: integer
next:
example: /collection?page=:number
type: string
format: url
prev:
example: /collection?page=:number
type: string
format: url
first:
example: /collection?page=:number
type: string
format: url
last:
example: /collection?page=:number
type: string
format: url
type: object
type: object
x-data-element: data
x-provenance:
method: harvested
publisher: Car API (carapi.app)
source: https://carapi.app/swagger.json
note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)