CarsXE

CarsXE Auth API

API key validation — 1 operation (validateKey) against /v1/auth/validate, the endpoint the CarsXE authentication guide documents for confirming that a key is present, valid and active before issuing product calls.

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POST /v1/auth/validate Check that an API key is valid · Validate the API key #

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“Is my CarsXE API key still valid?”

“Can I test an API key before making vehicle data calls with it?”

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Validate the API key {key}.

Confirm that key {key} is accepted before we start decoding vehicles.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CarsXE Vehicle Data Auth API
  description: CarsXE is a vehicle data API platform offering VIN decoding, vehicle specifications, market value, license plate decoding, vehicle recalls and related lookups. All endpoints accept an API key as a query string parameter `key`.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: CarsXE
    url: https://api.carsxe.com
servers:
- url: https://api.carsxe.com
  description: Production
security:
- ApiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Auth
paths:
  /v1/auth/validate:
    post:
      tags:
      - Auth
      summary: Validate the API key
      operationId: validateKey
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Validation result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  parameters:
    ApiKey:
      in: query
      name: key
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Your CarsXE API key
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: key
      description: CarsXE API key from https://api.carsxe.com/dashboard