Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is the UK government executive agency that holds driver and vehicle records for Great Britain. Its API Developer Portal (beta) publishes OpenAPI 3.0 specifications for six APIs on driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk: Authentication, Access to Driver Data, Driving Licence Renewal, Keeper At Date Of Event (KADOE), Print Request and the Vehicle Enquiry Service, each with a UAT test environment and per-client usage plans.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) publishes 9 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Authenticate User API, Change API Key API, Change Password API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Company, Government, United Kingdom, Vehicles, and Driving Licences.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s developer surface includes changelog, sandbox, authentication, documentation, support, engineering blog, and 20 more developer resources.

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42.9/100 developing Agent 31/100 agent ready Heartbeat 57/100 slowing Full breakdown ↓
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6 published contracts 2 Agent Skills

Company Government United Kingdom VehiclesDriving LicencesTransportation Public Sector

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 42.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.6 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 6.3 / 15

Access Clarity 1.3 / 15

Operational Transparency 4.6 / 10

Contract Governance 2.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.4 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →
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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Authenticate User API

The Authenticate User API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for authenticate user.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Change API Key API

The Change API Key API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for change api key.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Change Password API

The Change Password API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for change password.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Full Driver Enquiry API

The Full Driver Enquiry API API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for full driver enquiry api.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) New Password API

The New Password API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for new password.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Print API

The Print API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 3 operation(s) for print.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Renewal API

Renewal API

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Vehicle API

The vehicle API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for vehicle.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Vehicle Keeper API

The Vehicle Keeper API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for vehicle keeper.

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Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

dvla-print-job

AGENT SKILL

dvla-vehicle-lookup

AGENT SKILL

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) API pricing

Rate limits

VES default usage plan: New applications are assigned a default limit of 2 RPS.
KADOE per-client limit: There is a limit of 10 requests per second (10 req/s) per client.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Dvla Gov Uk Context

66 classes · 195 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) API Rules

52 rules · 43 error-severity 6 warn-severity 3 info-severity

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 17

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AuthRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

AuthResponse

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Agentic Access

12 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

Conventions

Lifecycle

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

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Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Postman

Postman

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security

Security

Authentication

Authentication

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: dvla-gov-uk
name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
description: 'The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is the UK government executive agency that holds driver and vehicle
  records for Great Britain. Its API Developer Portal (beta) publishes OpenAPI 3.0 specifications for six APIs on driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk:
  Authentication, Access to Driver Data, Driving Licence Renewal, Keeper At Date Of Event (KADOE), Print Request and the Vehicle
  Enquiry Service, each with a UAT test environment and per-client usage plans.'
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/dvla-gov-uk/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:eu-gov-keynote-2026-11-10
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-11-10 (local-v6; was harvest)
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-11-10'
modified: '2026-11-10'
tags:
- Company
- Government
- United Kingdom
- Vehicles
- Driving Licences
- Transportation
- Public Sector
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
image: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/assets/govuk/assets/rebrand/images/govuk-icon-180.png
common:
- type: Postman
  url: https://www.postman.com/downloads/
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dvla-gov-uk-agentic-access.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dvla-gov-uk-rate-limits.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/dvla-gov-uk-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/dvla-gov-uk-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/dvla-gov-uk-vocabulary.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/dvla-gov-uk-data-model.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/dvla-gov-uk-changelog.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/dvla-gov-uk-conventions.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/dvla-gov-uk-sandbox.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.gov.uk/help/report-vulnerability
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/dvla-gov-uk-lifecycle.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/dvla-gov-uk-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/dvla-gov-uk-conformance.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/dvla-gov-uk-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/dvla-gov-uk-vendors.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dvla-gov-uk-authentication.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/dvla-gov-uk-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dvla-gov-uk-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/availableapis.html
- type: Support
  url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/support.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://dvladigital.blog.gov.uk/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/dvla
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dvla-privacy-policy
apis:
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-authenticate-user-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Authenticate User API
  description: The Authenticate User API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for authenticate
    user.
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/thirdparty-access
  tags:
  - Authenticate User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dvla-gov-uk-authenticate-user-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-auth-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-auth-request-schema.json
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-change-api-key-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Change API Key API
  description: The Change API Key API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for change api key.
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/thirdparty-access
  tags:
  - Change API Key
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dvla-gov-uk-change-api-key-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-change-api-key-response-schema.json
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-change-password-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Change Password API
  description: The Change Password API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for change password.
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/thirdparty-access
  tags:
  - Change Password
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dvla-gov-uk-change-password-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-change-password-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-empty-schema.json
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-full-driver-enquiry-api-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Full Driver Enquiry API
  description: The Full Driver Enquiry API API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for full driver
    enquiry api.
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/full-driver-enquiry
  tags:
  - Full Driver Enquiry API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dvla-gov-uk-full-driver-enquiry-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-driving-licence-request-schema.json
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-new-password-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) New Password API
  description: The New Password API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for new password.
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/thirdparty-access
  tags:
  - New Password
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dvla-gov-uk-new-password-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-new-password-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-empty-schema.json
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-print-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Print API
  description: The Print API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 3 operation(s) for print.
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://uat.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/print-request
  tags:
  - Print
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dvla-gov-uk-print-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-print-job-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-print-job-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-upload-file-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-print-job-creation-response-schema.json
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-renewal-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Renewal API
  description: Renewal API
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://uat.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/drivers-renewal
  tags:
  - Renewal
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dvla-gov-uk-renewal-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-driving-licence-renewal-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-driving-licence-renewal-response-schema.json
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-vehicle-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Vehicle API
  description: The vehicle API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for vehicle.
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/vehicle-enquiry
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-vehicle-request-schema.json
- aid: dvla-gov-uk:dvla-gov-uk-vehicle-keeper-api
  name: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Vehicle Keeper API
  description: The Vehicle Keeper API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for vehicle keeper.
  humanURL: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  baseURL: https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/kadoe
  tags:
  - Vehicle Keeper
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  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dvla-gov-uk-vehicle-keeper-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-kadoe-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-kadoe-request-schema.json
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-10'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 20
  pass: local-v6

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) API — frequently asked questions

Does Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), including Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Authenticate User API, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Change API Key API and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Change Password API, and 6 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) API?

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 3 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Authentication.

Is the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) API ready for AI agents?

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has a Kin Score of 42.9 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 30.5 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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