# Vehicle Searching Basics

The Vehicle Search API set allows you to find matching vehicles within our database. This API requires [authentication](https://devhub.autograb.com/my-autograb-api-doc/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/UypmYo5OBsuC4nJIUOZk/blobs/tgPp4uGZoCnQZBA6uAbg/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 a 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/UypmYo5OBsuC4nJIUOZk/blobs/7VWV8FpVJ1HLm7FOUSDm/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 a 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/UypmYo5OBsuC4nJIUOZk/blobs/imovnQHYlykZl6mhevFb/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/UypmYo5OBsuC4nJIUOZk/blobs/S5idnGLc6LKlmwAbw2pU/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/UypmYo5OBsuC4nJIUOZk/blobs/RmjZenvo612PE85Qgf1q/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>