Auto.dev provides automotive data APIs for developers and AI agents, including global VIN decoding, used-car vehicle listings with real-time market pricing and dealer data, vehicle specifications, photos, and NHTSA safety recalls. The REST API is served from https://api.auto.dev with API key authentication.
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- Automotive
- Vehicle Data
- VIN Decoding
- Vehicle Listings
- Recalls
- Created: 2026-06-21
- Modified: 2026-06-21
Decodes any valid 17-character VIN into make, model, year, trim, engine, body, drivetrain, and transmission. Also exposes a specifications endpoint returning detailed build features and base MSRP/invoice pricing.
- Human URL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vin-decode
- Base URL:
https://api.auto.dev
- VIN Decoding
- Vehicle Data
- Specifications
- Documentation
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Searches used-car inventory from US physical and online dealers, filterable by make, model, year, price, location, and CPO status, with cursor and page-based pagination, plus single-listing lookup by VIN.
- Human URL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
- Base URL:
https://api.auto.dev
- Vehicle Listings
- Used Cars
- Search
- Documentation
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Surfaces real-time retail pricing on listings and base MSRP / invoice pricing on the specifications endpoint, alongside a vehicle photos endpoint returning image galleries for inventory and listings.
- Human URL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products
- Base URL:
https://api.auto.dev
- Market Value
- Pricing
- Vehicle Photos
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Returns dealer information embedded in vehicle listings, including dealer name, location, and contact data resolved by zip-code and distance filters for proximity-based inventory discovery.
- Human URL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/vehicle-listings
- Base URL:
https://api.auto.dev
- Dealers
- Inventory
- Location
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Returns NHTSA safety recall data by VIN. The open-recalls endpoint filters to only active and unresolved recalls requiring attention, with campaign numbers, components, consequences, and remedy status.
- Human URL: https://docs.auto.dev/v2/products/open-recalls
- Base URL:
https://api.auto.dev
- Recalls
- Safety
- NHTSA
- Documentation
- API Reference
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
FN: Kin Lane Email: kin@apievangelist.com