# Vehicle Searching Basics

The Vehicle Search API set allows you to find matching vehicles within our database. This API requires [authentication](https://devhub.autotek.my/authentication) and an appropriate license attached to it. 

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/cMx06HGBikfmspYjKjTB/blobs/k94C0VWMj39RFXREKN53/texts.png" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3><strong>Text Search</strong></h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you have a vehicle description or title as a text string and want to resolve to an vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="plain-text-search">plain-text-search</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/cMx06HGBikfmspYjKjTB/blobs/MyR2QPSE6bEI7TsK00rm/vin.png" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3><strong>VIN Search</strong></h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you have a VIN and want summary data to resolve to an vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="vin-search">vin-search</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/cMx06HGBikfmspYjKjTB/blobs/5sAEUYmsgRLwxD0UP50k/plate.png" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3><strong>Registration Plate Search</strong></h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you have a registration plate and want summary data to resolve to an vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="registration-plate-search">registration-plate-search</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/cMx06HGBikfmspYjKjTB/blobs/LopQy17MlSZUu0kWDfsk/facets.png" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3>Facet Search</h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you would like your users to interact with drop downs to resolve to a vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="facet-search">facet-search</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/cMx06HGBikfmspYjKjTB/blobs/vzwPYi1lxvrCBvblmjEG/upicon.png" alt=""></p><h3>Upstream VIN &#x26; Registration Search</h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you would like to understand registration information without being given an vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="broken-reference">Broken link</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/cMx06HGBikfmspYjKjTB/blobs/bt5kwJZUmx5hF4zaAOHK/idsearch.png" alt=""></p><h3>Vehicle ID Search</h3><p>Use this to get summary data on a vehicle if you already have its ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="vehicle-id-search">vehicle-id-search</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/cMx06HGBikfmspYjKjTB/blobs/uL2TGYG9mP7xUa1EZLFu/mid.png" alt=""></td><td><h3>Marketplace ID</h3><p>A special use case search function for marketplace partners. </p></td><td></td><td><a href="marketplace-id-lookup">marketplace-id-lookup</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>