Vehicle Searching Basics

Vehicle discovery is the starting place for almost all functions on the AutoTek API.

The Vehicle Search API set allows you to find matching vehicles within our database. This API requires authentication and an appropriate license attached to it.

Text Search

Use this search mechanism if you have a vehicle description or title as a text string and want to resolve to an vehicle ID.

VIN Search

Use this search mechanism if you have a VIN and want summary data to resolve to an vehicle ID.

Registration Plate Search

Use this search mechanism if you have a registration plate and want summary data to resolve to an vehicle ID.

Facet Search

Use this search mechanism if you would like your users to interact with drop downs to resolve to a vehicle ID.

Upstream VIN & Registration Search

Use this search mechanism if you would like to understand registration information without being given an vehicle ID.

Vehicle ID Search

Use this to get summary data on a vehicle if you already have its ID.

Marketplace ID

A special use case search function for marketplace partners.