TheCarApi

A multi-source vehicle auction inventory REST/JSON API aggregating live and archived auction listings and European retail classifieds. Provides search, facets, catalog, auction detail & price history, VIN history, market intelligence, and import cost calculators. Fully specified via OpenAPI 3.1 with Postman collection and agent-native documentation (llms.txt).

TheCarApi publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Auctions & history API, Catalog API, European classifieds API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Automotive, Vehicle Data, Car Auctions, Used Cars, and Vehicle Inventory.

The TheCarApi catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

TheCarApi’s developer surface includes authentication, changelog, pricing, code examples, documentation, getting-started guide, API reference, and 23 more developer resources.

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Composite quality — 60.7/100 · strong

Contract Quality 10.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 15

Access Clarity 10.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 6.2 / 10

Contract Governance 2.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.1 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 0 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

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Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 53.5 — up to +11.6 composite points
Contract Governance scores 22.0 — up to +9.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 63.7 — up to +7.3 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

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OpenAPI

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APIs 11

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

TheCarApi Auctions & history API

Retrieve source-aware listing detail, galleries, price changes, and VIN history. A running openlane or ecarstrade auction has its bid read from the auction house at the moment y...

TheCarApi Catalog API

Build slug-addressable manufacturer and model-group navigation. All catalog list routes paginate with a default limit of 50 and are capped at offset 5000 — a deeper page is a 40...

TheCarApi European classifieds API

A retail price surface of roughly 9.8M live listings gathered from 681 origin portals — national classifieds sites, dealer groups and manufacturer stock pages — across 39 Europe...

TheCarApi Filter facets API

Discover live filter values and counts. Every facet endpoint accepts the search filters, so a facet describes whatever slice of inventory you are looking at rather than the whol...

TheCarApi Health & contract API

Check service dependencies and inspect the API index.

TheCarApi Import calculator API

Estimate the landed cost of importing a vehicle. These are estimates, not a binding quote.

TheCarApi Market intelligence API

Precomputed price snapshots for a brand, model, and year window — one for the Bulgarian retail market, one for our own auction inventory. Scope: market. Neither is enabled on a ...

TheCarApi SEO helpers API

Build popular landing pages and resolve brand/model URL slugs.

TheCarApi Top offers API

Live auctions our pipeline judged to be priced below their market reference. Same deals as /api/search?sort=top_offers, but each card additionally carries the reference the verd...

TheCarApi Vehicle details API

Fetch a full source payload from cache or, when needed, from the upstream source.

TheCarApi Search and Discovery API

Search live auction inventory, then resolve lightweight full-text matches. Ended lots are hidden by default; is_active=false / include_ended=true shows them as well as live ones.

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Agent Skills 4

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

thecarapi-feed-sync

AGENT SKILL

thecarapi-import-costing

AGENT SKILL

thecarapi-vehicle-detail

AGENT SKILL

thecarapi-vehicle-search

AGENT SKILL

TheCarApi API pricing

Prices published by TheCarApi, read 2026-10-28 from thecarapi.com/pricing. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
API evaluation	Free Includes: Limited requests for evaluation; real endpoints (search, detail, images)
Full vehicle API — Unlimited full	€370/ month Includes: 1,000,000 requests per monthly billing period, per key
All Sources	€270/ month Includes: 200,000 requests per monthly billing period, per key
Individual European source	€80/ month Includes: 200,000 requests per monthly billing period, per key
China	€120/ month Includes: 200,000 requests per monthly billing period, per key
Japan	€120/ month Includes: 200,000 requests per monthly billing period, per key
Europe	€120/ month Includes: 200,000 requests per monthly billing period, per key
Europe + Classifieds	€260/ month Includes: 200,000 requests per monthly billing period, per key

All 15 plans, limits and sources →

Rate limits

: 200000 month
: 5 15 minutes

All 3 limits →

Billed by: subscription · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Thecarapi Plans Pricing

15 plans

PLANS

Thecarapi Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Thecarapi Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

TheCarApi

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Thecarapi Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

TheCarApi API Rules

69 rules · 61 errors 7 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Thecarapi Openapi Overlay

10 actions · security · thecarapi-openapi.json

DERIVED

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Thecarapi Authentication

apiKey/http · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Thecarapi Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Thecarapi Scopes

10 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

Vocabulary

DataModel

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Postman

Postman

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

name: TheCarApi
description: A multi-source vehicle auction inventory REST/JSON API aggregating live and archived auction listings and European
  retail classifieds. Provides search, facets, catalog, auction detail & price history, VIN history, market intelligence,
  and import cost calculators. Fully specified via OpenAPI 3.1 with Postman collection and agent-native documentation (llms.txt).
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thecarapi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://thecarapi.com/og-image.png
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
created: '2026-09-01'
modified: '2026-09-02'
specificationVersion: '0.21'
tags:
- Automotive
- Vehicle Data
- Car Auctions
- Used Cars
- Vehicle Inventory
- Classifieds
- Market Intelligence
- Pricing
- VIN
- Image CDN
- Europe
- South Korea
- Japan Auctions
tags_raw:
- Automotive
- Vehicle Data
- Car Auctions
- Used Cars
- Vehicle Inventory
- Classifieds
- Market Intelligence
- Pricing
- VIN
- Image CDN
- Europe
- Korea
- Japan Auctions
apis:
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-auctions-history-api
  name: TheCarApi Auctions & history API
  description: Retrieve source-aware listing detail, galleries, price changes, and VIN history. A running openlane or ecarstrade
    auction has its bid read from the auction house at the moment you request the detail — nothing needs to be passed to enable
    it. Every other listing is served at its cycle price, refreshed at least every twelve hours.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Auctions & history
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-auctions-history-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-catalog-api
  name: TheCarApi Catalog API
  description: Build slug-addressable manufacturer and model-group navigation. All catalog list routes paginate with a default
    limit of 50 and are capped at offset 5000 — a deeper page is a 400 naming the limit. They carry page, page_size and max_page.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-european-classifieds-api
  name: TheCarApi European classifieds API
  description: 'A retail price surface of roughly 9.8M live listings gathered from 681 origin portals — national classifieds
    sites, dealer groups and manufacturer stock pages — across 39 European countries: mobile.de, kleinanzeigen.de, autoscout24,
    leboncoin.fr, lacentrale.fr, autosupermarket.it, njuskalo.hr and hundreds more. Every listing keeps its origin portal
    in source_site, so the same feed answers a national question and a portal-level one. These are retail listings, not auction
    inventory: no bidding, no auction end date, no detail payload and no gallery, just a single remote thumbnail per listing.
    They live in their own tables with their own vocabulary (seller type, origin portal), which is why they get their own
    query surface instead of a site slug on /api/search. Ended and paid-placement ("promoted") rows are excluded from every
    response, and all three endpoints return 503 while the dataset has not been built yet. Scope: theparking — that is the
    scope name in the path, not the name of a source.'
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - European classifieds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-european-classifieds-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-filter-facets-api
  name: TheCarApi Filter facets API
  description: Discover live filter values and counts. Every facet endpoint accepts the search filters, so a facet describes
    whatever slice of inventory you are looking at rather than the whole of it — each dimension ignoring only its own filter,
    so a user can switch brands without the option disappearing. Counts and the totals /api/search reports for the same filters
    cannot disagree. Facet responses cache for about 600 seconds, and a filter sidebar can read every flat dimension in one
    call with /api/facets.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Filter facets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-filter-facets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-health-contract-api
  name: TheCarApi Health & contract API
  description: Check service dependencies and inspect the API index.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Health & contract
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-health-contract-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-import-calculator-api
  name: TheCarApi Import calculator API
  description: Estimate the landed cost of importing a vehicle. These are estimates, not a binding quote.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Import calculator
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-import-calculator-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-market-intelligence-api
  name: TheCarApi Market intelligence API
  description: 'Precomputed price snapshots for a brand, model, and year window — one for the Bulgarian retail market, one
    for our own auction inventory. Scope: market. Neither is enabled on a new key by default; ask for them. Both are read-only
    lookups into snapshots built by a pipeline on its own schedule. A 404 therefore means "no snapshot exists for that window",
    which is the normal answer for a thin brand/model/year combination — not an error to retry. Neither route carries envelope
    metadata; read X-Request-ID from the header.'
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Market Intelligence
  tags_raw:
  - Market intelligence
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-market-intelligence-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-seo-helpers-api
  name: TheCarApi SEO helpers API
  description: Build popular landing pages and resolve brand/model URL slugs.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - SEO helpers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-seo-helpers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-top-offers-api
  name: TheCarApi Top offers API
  description: Live auctions our pipeline judged to be priced below their market reference. Same deals as /api/search?sort=top_offers,
    but each card additionally carries the reference the verdict was made against.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Top offers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-top-offers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-vehicle-details-api
  name: TheCarApi Vehicle details API
  description: Fetch a full source payload from cache or, when needed, from the upstream source.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Vehicle details
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-vehicle-details-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- aid: thecarapi:thecarapi-search-and-discovery-api
  name: TheCarApi Search and Discovery API
  description: Search live auction inventory, then resolve lightweight full-text matches. Ended lots are hidden by default;
    is_active=false / include_ended=true shows them as well as live ones.
  humanURL: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  tags:
  - Search & Discovery
  tags_raw:
  - Search and Discovery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thecarapi-search-and-discovery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: TheCarApi Support
  email: api@thecarapi.com
  url: mailto:api@thecarapi.com
generated:
  by: apis.io/add
  model: claude-opus-4-8
  confidence: 95
  at: '2026-09-01T19:53:13.514Z'
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://thecarapi.com/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/thecarapi-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/thecarapi-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/thecarapi-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/thecarapi-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/thecarapi-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/thecarapi-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://thecarapi.com/status
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://thecarapi.com/changelog
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/thecarapi-changelog.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/thecarapi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Pricing
  url: https://thecarapi.com/pricing
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/thecarapi-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/thecarapi-conformance.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/thecarapi-vocabulary.yml
- type: Examples
  url: https://thecarapi.com/docs/code-examples
- type: Examples
  url: examples/thecarapi-examples.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/thecarapi-data-model.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/thecarapi-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: https://thecarapi.com/llms.txt
- type: Postman
  url: https://thecarapi.com/thecarapi.postman_collection.json
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://thecarapi.com/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://thecarapi.com/docs/thecarapi-api-reference.md
- type: Support
  url: https://thecarapi.com/contact
- type: Blog
  url: https://thecarapi.com/blog
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://thecarapi.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://thecarapi.com/privacy
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-02'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1

TheCarApi — frequently asked questions

Does TheCarApi have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from TheCarApi, including TheCarApi Auctions & history API, TheCarApi Catalog API and TheCarApi European classifieds API, and 8 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the TheCarApi?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 11 OpenAPI specifications for TheCarApi, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the TheCarApi?

TheCarApi uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 3 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Thecarapi Authentication.

How much does the TheCarApi cost?

TheCarApi publishes its prices; its Full vehicle API — Unlimited full plan is €370/ month as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 15 pricing plans for TheCarApi, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the TheCarApi ready for AI agents?

TheCarApi has a Kin Score of 60.7 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 26.2 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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