Documentation

Welcome to CarsXE API's documentation.

On this page

Learn everything there is to know about CarsXE API and integrate CarsXE into your product.

Getting started

To get started, sign in or create an account and grab an API key, then read about how to make requests for the resources you need to access using our HTTP APIs.

Guides

Quickstart

Get a quick start integrating the API into your application.

Authentication

Learn how to authenticate your API requests.

Organizations

Share API access with your team using roles and organization API keys.

Errors

Read about the different types of errors returned by the API.

Industry Guides

Discover best practices and step-by-step examples for leveraging the CarsXE API across different industries.

Agents & AI

Get an API key, read docs, and make calls — all from inside your AI agent.

Latency & Regions

Learn about API regions and how to reduce latency from Europe using the EU endpoint.

API Reference

Select a resource to learn more about it.

Specifications

Learn about the Vehicle Specifications API and how to retrieve vehicle specifications from VINs.

Plate Decoder

Learn about the Vehicle Plate Decoder API and how to retrieve vehicle specifications from license plates and vehicle registrations.

Images

Learn about the Vehicle Images API and how to retrieve vehicle images.

Market Value

Learn about the Market Value API and how to retrieve vehicle market values from VINs.

International VIN Decoder

Learn about the International VIN Decoder API and how to retrieve vehicle specifications from international VINs.

Recalls

Learn about the Vehicle Recalls API and how to search for safety recalls based on a vehicle's VIN.

History

Learn about the Vehicle History API and how to retrieve vehicle history reports from VINs.

VIN OCR

Learn about the VIN Optical Character Recognition API and how to quickly identify a vehicle's VIN from an image.

Market Value (v1)

Learn about the v1 Market Value API and how to retrieve vehicle market value estimates from VINs.

Lien & Theft

Learn about the Lien & Theft API and how to check for active liens and theft records on a vehicle.

Recalls Batch

Learn about the Recalls Batch API and how to search safety recalls for many VINs in a single request.

Plate Image Recognition

Learn about the Plate Image Recognition API and how to detect and read license plates from image URLs.

Year Make Model

Learn about the Year Make Model API and how to look up vehicle attributes by year, make, model, and trim.

OBD Codes Decoder

Learn about the OBD Codes Decoder API and how to decode OBD-II diagnostic trouble codes.

Guides

Quickstart

Get a quick start integrating the API into your application.

Authentication

Learn how to authenticate your API requests.

Organizations

Share API access with your team using roles and organization API keys.

Errors

Read about the different types of errors returned by the API.

Industry Guides

Discover best practices and step-by-step examples for leveraging the CarsXE API across different industries.

Agents & AI

Get an API key, read docs, and make calls — all from inside your AI agent.

Latency & Regions

Learn about API regions and how to reduce latency from Europe using the EU endpoint.

API Reference

Select a resource to learn more about it.

Specifications

Learn about the Vehicle Specifications API and how to retrieve vehicle specifications from VINs.

Plate Decoder

Learn about the Vehicle Plate Decoder API and how to retrieve vehicle specifications from license plates and vehicle registrations.

Images

Learn about the Vehicle Images API and how to retrieve vehicle images.

Market Value

Learn about the Market Value API and how to retrieve vehicle market values from VINs.

International VIN Decoder

Learn about the International VIN Decoder API and how to retrieve vehicle specifications from international VINs.

Recalls

Learn about the Vehicle Recalls API and how to search for safety recalls based on a vehicle's VIN.

History

Learn about the Vehicle History API and how to retrieve vehicle history reports from VINs.

VIN OCR

Learn about the VIN Optical Character Recognition API and how to quickly identify a vehicle's VIN from an image.

Market Value (v1)

Learn about the v1 Market Value API and how to retrieve vehicle market value estimates from VINs.

Lien & Theft

Learn about the Lien & Theft API and how to check for active liens and theft records on a vehicle.

Recalls Batch

Learn about the Recalls Batch API and how to search safety recalls for many VINs in a single request.

Plate Image Recognition

Learn about the Plate Image Recognition API and how to detect and read license plates from image URLs.

Year Make Model

Learn about the Year Make Model API and how to look up vehicle attributes by year, make, model, and trim.

OBD Codes Decoder

Learn about the OBD Codes Decoder API and how to decode OBD-II diagnostic trouble codes.

Documentation

Getting started

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Quickstart

Authentication

Organizations

Errors

Industry Guides

Agents & AI

Latency & Regions

API ReferenceCopy section for LLMCopy link to sectionAsk AI about this section

Specifications

Plate Decoder

Images

Market Value

International VIN Decoder

Recalls

History

VIN OCR

Market Value (v1)

Lien & Theft

Recalls Batch

Plate Image Recognition

Year Make Model

OBD Codes Decoder

Documentation

Getting started

GuidesCopy section for LLMCopy link to sectionAsk AI about this section

Quickstart

Authentication

Organizations

Errors

Industry Guides

Agents & AI

Latency & Regions

API ReferenceCopy section for LLMCopy link to sectionAsk AI about this section

Specifications

Plate Decoder

Images

Market Value

International VIN Decoder

Recalls

History

VIN OCR

Market Value (v1)

Lien & Theft

Recalls Batch

Plate Image Recognition

Year Make Model

OBD Codes Decoder

Guides

API Reference

Guides

API Reference