Edmunds

aid: edmunds
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/edmunds/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: edmunds:edmunds
  name: Edmunds Dealership API
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.edmunds.com/dealership_api_program.html
  baseURL: https://api.edmunds.com
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.edmunds.com/dealership_api_program.html
    type: Documentation
  description: The Edmunds Dealership API is a tool that provides real-time access to data on cars for sale at dealerships
    across the country. By connecting to the API, users can search for specific makes and models, view pricing information,
    and even schedule test drives directly through the platform. This information is continuously updated to reflect the current
    inventory available at each dealership, giving users the most accurate and up-to-date information possible.
- aid: edmunds:edmunds
  name: Edmunds API
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.edmunds.com
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/overview/
    type: Documentation
  description: Edmunds API is a robust software interface that provides access to a vast database of automotive information
    and data. With this API, users can access details on car specifications, pricing, reviews, and inventory from Edmunds'
    comprehensive database of vehicles. This API allows developers to integrate this information into their own applications
    and websites, making it easier for consumers to research and compare different car models.
- aid: edmunds:edmunds-vehicle-api
  name: Edmunds Vehicle API
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  description: The Vehicle API from Edmunds — 5 operation(s) for vehicle.
  humanURL: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/vehicle/
  baseURL: https://api.edmunds.com
  tags:
  - Vehicle
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/edmunds-vehicle-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/edmunds-vehicle-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/vehicle/
- aid: edmunds:edmunds-cars-api
  name: Edmunds Cars API
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  description: 'The only machine-readable contract Edmunds serves. An OpenAPI 3.0.1 document published at https://api.edmunds.com/openapi.yaml
    and pointed at by Edmunds'' own OpenAI plugin manifest at /.well-known/ai-plugin.json. Two read operations: getExpertReview
    returns the Edmunds editorial review, scorecard, pros and cons, safety and features for a make/model/year; findInventory
    returns curated new, used and CPO listings near a US zip code across roughly forty filter facets, with an Edmunds Suggested
    Price on each result. Both operations return HTTP 401 "Developer Inactive" without a partner-issued key.'
  humanURL: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/overview/
  baseURL: https://api.edmunds.com
  tags:
  - Cars
  - Vehicles
  - Reviews
  - Inventory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/edmunds-cars-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/_original/edmunds-cars-openapi.yaml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/edmunds-cars-overlay.yaml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/edmunds-mcp.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/edmunds-data-model.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/edmunds-problem-types.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/overview/
name: Edmunds
tags:
- Automobiles
- Cars
- Vehicles
- Vehicle Data
- Dealerships
- Reviews
- Pricing
- Automotive
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json-icons/edmunds-developer-network-welcome-to-the-edmunds-api-edmunds-developer-portal.png
created: '2024-07-11T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-09-06'
description: Edmunds is a popular automotive resource website that provides consumers with valuable information and tools
  to help them make informed decisions about buying and selling cars. They offer expert reviews, comparison tools, price guides,
  and a variety of resources to help users research and find the perfect vehicle for their needs.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.edmunds.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/edmunds-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/edmunds-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/edmunds-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/edmunds
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edmunds-com
- name: Edmunds Developer Network
  description: 'The Edmunds developer portal. Still served and readable, but it fronts a closed program: the home page links
    the partner and dealership tracks and the FAQ explains that the open API program was retired.'
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/
  type: Portal
- name: The Edmunds API Terms of Service
  description: The API agreement — the limited, non-exclusive, revocable licence over Edmunds Materials, the reservation of
    rights, and the attribution obligations.
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/terms_of_service.html
  type: TermsOfService
- name: API Branding Guide
  description: How Edmunds marks, links and logos must be displayed by any application consuming the API.
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/api_branding_guide.html
  type: Documentation
- name: Edmunds Developer FAQ
  description: 'The retirement notice in question-and-answer form: why the open API program was retired, that non-partner
    keys were disabled effective 2018-02-15, that no new applicants are accepted, and that there is no fee-for-service tier.'
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/faq.html
  type: FAQ
- name: Contact Us | Edmunds Developer Portal
  description: The developer-portal contact form.
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/contact_us.html
  type: Contact
- name: SDKs and Code Samples
  description: The "SDKs and Code Samples" section of the API overview, naming the first-party JavaScript and Python SDKs.
    Both repositories it links under github.com/EdmundsAPI now return 404 — see packages/edmunds-packages.yml.
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/overview/#sec-9
  type: SDKs
- type: Packages
  url: packages/edmunds-packages.yml
- name: Edmunds first-party client libraries
  description: Two first-party SDKs Edmunds names in its own documentation — a Python SDK surviving on PyPI as a single 2014
    release published from api@edmunds.com, and a JavaScript SDK in the company GitHub org last pushed in 2011. Both repositories
    the docs link to under github.com/EdmundsAPI now return 404.
  url: packages/edmunds-packages.yml
  type: SDKs
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/edmunds-well-known.yml
- name: Edmunds Cars plugin manifest
  description: The OpenAI plugin manifest Edmunds serves at https://api.edmunds.com/.well-known/ai-plugin.json (HTTP 200),
    saved verbatim. It is what led to the only OpenAPI Edmunds actually publishes.
  url: well-known/edmunds-ai-plugin.json
  type: OpenAIPluginManifest
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/edmunds-llms.txt
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/edmunds-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/edmunds-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/edmunds-lifecycle.yml
- name: Edmunds open API program retirement notice
  description: 'Edmunds'' developer FAQ is its deprecation policy: the open API program was retired and non-partner keys were
    disabled effective 2018-02-15, with no new applicants accepted then or expected in future. No RFC 8594 Sunset or Deprecation
    headers are published.'
  url: lifecycle/edmunds-lifecycle.yml
  type: Deprecation
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- name: The Edmunds Tech Blog
  description: Edmunds' engineering blog.
  url: https://technology.edmunds.com/
  type: Blog
- name: Api documentation
  description: The Edmunds API reference — overview, core concepts, and the Vehicle, Editorial, Dealer and Media resources.
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/overview/
  type: APIReference
- name: Contact Us | Edmunds Developer Portal
  description: The only support route Edmunds publishes for the API; partners are routed through an Edmunds Account Executive.
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/contact_us.html
  type: Support
- name: Special Requirements | Edmunds Developer Portal
  description: Binding display, attribution and refresh obligations attached to visitor reviews, editorial articles, TCO and
    TMV data returned by the API.
  url: https://developer.edmunds.com/special_requirements.html
  type: Documentation
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-06'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 18
  pass: local-v3