Department of Transportation · Example Payload

Vin Decode Example

Federal-GovernmentTransportationVehiclesAviationMotor Carriers

Vin Decode Example is an example object payload from Department of Transportation, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

CountMessageSearchCriteriaResults

Example Payload

{
  "Count": 136,
  "Message": "Results returned successfully",
  "SearchCriteria": "VIN:5UXWX7C5*BA",
  "Results": [
    { "Variable": "Make", "VariableId": 26, "Value": "BMW", "ValueId": "452" },
    { "Variable": "Model", "VariableId": 28, "Value": "X3", "ValueId": "1875" },
    { "Variable": "Model Year", "VariableId": 29, "Value": "2011", "ValueId": null },
    { "Variable": "Manufacturer Name", "VariableId": 27, "Value": "BMW MANUFACTURING CORP.", "ValueId": "954" },
    { "Variable": "Plant City", "VariableId": 31, "Value": "SPARTANBURG", "ValueId": null },
    { "Variable": "Plant State", "VariableId": 32, "Value": "SOUTH CAROLINA", "ValueId": null },
    { "Variable": "Body Class", "VariableId": 5, "Value": "Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)", "ValueId": "7" },
    { "Variable": "Engine Number of Cylinders", "VariableId": 9, "Value": "6", "ValueId": null },
    { "Variable": "Drive Type", "VariableId": 15, "Value": "AWD/All Wheel Drive", "ValueId": "2" },
    { "Variable": "Fuel Type - Primary", "VariableId": 24, "Value": "Gasoline", "ValueId": "4" }
  ]
}

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