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VINaudit

Vehicle history and VIN decoding REST API for accessing accident records, title information, mileage history, ownership records, and NHTSA recall data for any US vehicle. VINaudit is an NMVTIS-approved data provider offering vehicle history, specifications, market value, ownership cost, and vehicle image APIs.

VINaudit publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Getownershipcost.php API, Marketvalue API, Pullreport API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Vehicle History, VIN Decoding, Automotive, NMVTIS, and Vehicle Specifications.

The VINaudit catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

VINaudit’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

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47.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
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11 APIs
Vehicle HistoryVIN DecodingAutomotiveNMVTISVehicle SpecificationsMarket ValueRecall DataREST

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Contract Quality 15.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
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APIs 11

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

VINaudit Vehicle Specifications API

Retrieve standardized vehicle specifications by VIN or year/make/model/trim including engine details, transmission, fuel economy, dimensions, colors, equipment, NHTSA recalls, w...

VINaudit Vehicle Market Value API

Estimate the current market value of a vehicle using aggregated data from millions of recent sale listings, returning low, average, and high-end values with a statistical certai...

VINaudit Vehicle Ownership Cost API

Calculate 5-year total cost of ownership by VIN, factoring in depreciation, insurance, fuel, maintenance, repairs, and taxes.

VINaudit Vehicle Image API

Access original stock vehicle images by make, model, year, and trim. Beta API providing clean, professional car images retrieved by VIN or year/make/model/trim.

VINaudit Getownershipcost.php API

The Getownershipcost.php API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for getownershipcost.php.

VINaudit Marketvalue API

The Marketvalue API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for marketvalue.

VINaudit Pullreport API

The Pullreport API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for pullreport.

VINaudit Query API

The Query API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for query.

VINaudit Report API

The Report API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for report.

VINaudit Selections API

The Selections API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for selections.

VINaudit Specifications API

The Specifications API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for specifications.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Vinaudit Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vinaudit Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Vinaudit Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Vinaudit Context

0 classes · 43 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

VINaudit API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 4

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

VINaudit Vehicle History Report

18 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VINaudit Vehicle Market Value

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VINaudit Vehicle Ownership Cost

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

VINaudit Vehicle Specifications

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Vinaudit Market Value Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Vinaudit Query Vin Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Vinaudit Vehicle Specifications Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

Vinaudit Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Vinaudit Agentic Access

10 operations · 3 acting

10 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 Developer Guide
Developer Guide

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: VINaudit
description: Vehicle history and VIN decoding REST API for accessing accident records, title information, mileage history,
  ownership records, and NHTSA recall data for any US vehicle. VINaudit is an NMVTIS-approved data provider offering vehicle
  history, specifications, market value, ownership cost, and vehicle image APIs.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/vinaudit.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vinaudit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
aid: vinaudit
type: Index
tags:
- Vehicle History
- VIN Decoding
- Automotive
- NMVTIS
- Vehicle Specifications
- Market Value
- Recall Data
- REST
apis:
- name: VINaudit Vehicle Specifications API
  description: Retrieve standardized vehicle specifications by VIN or year/make/model/trim including engine details, transmission,
    fuel economy, dimensions, colors, equipment, NHTSA recalls, warranties, and vehicle photos.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-specifications-api
  baseURL: https://specifications.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Vehicle Specifications
  - VIN Decoding
  - Recall Data
  - NHTSA
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-specifications-api
  contact:
  - FN: VINaudit Support
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-data-api
- name: VINaudit Vehicle Market Value API
  description: Estimate the current market value of a vehicle using aggregated data from millions of recent sale listings,
    returning low, average, and high-end values with a statistical certainty score.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-market-value-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Market Value
  - Vehicle Pricing
  - Automotive Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-market-value-api
  contact:
  - FN: VINaudit Support
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-data-api
- name: VINaudit Vehicle Ownership Cost API
  description: Calculate 5-year total cost of ownership by VIN, factoring in depreciation, insurance, fuel, maintenance, repairs,
    and taxes.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-ownership-cost-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Ownership Cost
  - Vehicle Financing
  - Total Cost of Ownership
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-ownership-cost-api
  contact:
  - FN: VINaudit Support
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-data-api
- name: VINaudit Vehicle Image API
  description: Access original stock vehicle images by make, model, year, and trim. Beta API providing clean, professional
    car images retrieved by VIN or year/make/model/trim.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-data-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Vehicle Images
  - Automotive Photos
  - Beta
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-data-api
  contact:
  - FN: VINaudit Support
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-data-api
- aid: vinaudit:vinaudit-getownershipcost-php-api
  name: VINaudit Getownershipcost.php API
  description: The Getownershipcost.php API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for getownershipcost.php.
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Getownershipcost.php
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vinaudit-getownershipcost-php-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
- aid: vinaudit:vinaudit-marketvalue-api
  name: VINaudit Marketvalue API
  description: The Marketvalue API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for marketvalue.
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Marketvalue
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vinaudit-marketvalue-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
- aid: vinaudit:vinaudit-pullreport-api
  name: VINaudit Pullreport API
  description: The Pullreport API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for pullreport.
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Pullreport
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vinaudit-pullreport-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
- aid: vinaudit:vinaudit-query-api
  name: VINaudit Query API
  description: The Query API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for query.
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Query
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vinaudit-query-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
- aid: vinaudit:vinaudit-report-api
  name: VINaudit Report API
  description: The Report API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for report.
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Report
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vinaudit-report-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
- aid: vinaudit:vinaudit-selections-api
  name: VINaudit Selections API
  description: The Selections API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for selections.
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Selections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vinaudit-selections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
- aid: vinaudit:vinaudit-specifications-api
  name: VINaudit Specifications API
  description: The Specifications API from VINaudit — 1 operation(s) for specifications.
  humanURL: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
  baseURL: https://api.vinaudit.com
  tags:
  - Specifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vinaudit-specifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-history-api
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/vinaudit-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vinaudit-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.vinaudit.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vehicle-data-api
- type: Developer Guide
  url: https://www.vinaudit.com/vin-api-developers-guide
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/revdapp
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vinaudit
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.vinaudit.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.vinaudit.com/affordable-vs-premium-vehicle-history-api
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/vinauditllc
- type: Plans
  url: plans/vinaudit-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/vinaudit-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/vinaudit-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com