Window Sticker VIN API · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enrichment overlay for Window Sticker VIN API

3 actions 3 updates documentation extends ../openapi/_original/window-sticker-vin-api-openapi.json
Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Window Sticker VIN API's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Window Sticker VIN API publishes.
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What the actions change

x-agent-safex-side-effectstagsx-access-modelx-corsx-fair-usex-cacheablex-expected-404

Targets 3

$.info
$.paths['/api/v1/vin/{vin}'].get
$.paths['/api/sticker/{vin}'].get

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enrichment overlay for Window Sticker VIN API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: ../openapi/_original/window-sticker-vin-api-openapi.json
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-09-20'
  method: generated
  source: >-
    Enhancements derived from https://windowsticker.org/api-docs and how-it-works; the original
    contract is never mutated — these actions layer non-destructive annotations.
actions:
  - target: $.info
    description: Record the keyless/CORS access model and fair-use expectation as machine-readable hints.
    update:
      x-access-model: keyless-public
      x-cors: true
      x-fair-use: >-
        No API key and no hard quota; do not enumerate VINs at speed. No rate-limit headers.
  - target: $.paths['/api/v1/vin/{vin}'].get
    description: Tag the decode operation and flag it as safe, read-only and cacheable for agents.
    update:
      x-agent-safe: true
      x-side-effects: none
      x-cacheable: true
      tags:
        - VIN decode
  - target: $.paths['/api/sticker/{vin}'].get
    description: Tag the PDF operation and note that 404 is an expected, non-error outcome.
    update:
      x-agent-safe: true
      x-side-effects: none
      x-expected-404: >-
        A 404 means no factory label is published for this VIN; check windowSticker.available
        from the decode endpoint first.
      tags:
        - Window sticker PDF

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