Vehicle History

Request a vehicles history on marketplaces

Overview

The Vehicle History API allows you to access historical lead listing data from a variety of used car marketplaces. This API requires authentication and an appropriate license attached to it.

The Endpoint operates on a tiered system of queries:

VIN - The first initial call can be made to VIN + Region. However, if VIN does not return any history information, the following data is required as a fallback.

• Year

• Make

• Model

• Registration

It is recommended to provide all available data points when doing a Vehicle History call, only use VIN if no other data is available.

Title	Parameter	Example
Year	year	2019
Make	make	Volkswagen
Model	model	Polo
Registration Plate	registration_plate	BMT038
Vin	VIN	KL3TA48E9CB053071

The Make, Model fields are format-sensitive and rely on AutoGrabs Vehicle Search or ID lookup formatting. If using unsupported make and model descriptions, the vehicle history will not be returned when otherwise it could have been using the correct formatting.

Get a listing of vehicle history events

get

Get a listing of vehicle history events

Authorizations

Query parameters

vinanyOptional

The vehicle VIN

registration_plateanyOptional

The vehicle registration plate

yearanyOptional

The vehicle year

makeanyOptional

The vehicle make

modelanyOptional

The vehicle model

vehicle_history_idanyOptional

The vehicle history id

marketplaceanyOptional

The vehicle marketplace

marketplace_idanyOptional

The vehicle marketplace id

start_dateanyOptional

Vehicle history events start date filter as UTC or Unix timestamp string in seconds

end_dateanyOptional

Vehicle history events end date filter as UTC or Unix timestamp string in seconds

featuresanyOptional

Comma separated array of additional vehicle history feature codes as specified in your contract

regionanyOptional

The region to perform this request in

reference_idanyOptional

An optional reference id which will be stored against usage records if supplied

Responses

application/json

objectOptional

application/json

application/json

get

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /v2/sourcing/history HTTP/1.1
Host: api.autograb.com.au
ApiKey: YOUR_API_KEY
Accept: */*

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "text",
  "vehicle_history": {
    "id": "text",
    "events": [
      {
        "type": "listing",
        "odometer": 1,
        "price": 1,
        "marketplace": "text",
        "timestamp": "text",
        "seller_type": "text"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Vehicle History Events

The Vehicle History endpoint delivers detailed information on events related to a listing. The following events are possible on a given listings.

Listing - the detection of a listing being added to its relevant marketplace.

  {
      "type": "listing",
      "odometer": 100000,
      "price": 100000,
      "marketplace": "Gumtree",
      "timestamp": "2022-09-20T10:22:07.072",
      "seller_type": "string"
    }

Delisting - the detection of a listing being removed from its relevant marketplace, this is frequently and reliably related to a sale of the vehicle.

  {
      "type": "delisting",
      "odometer": 100000,
      "price": 100000,
      "marketplace": "Gumtree",
      "timestamp": "2022-09-20T10:22:07.072",
      "seller_type": "string"
    }

Price Change - the detection of a movement in the price, see the features section below for more information.

Example

To perform an example request:

curl '/v2/sourcing/history?region=au&vin=KL3TA48E9CB053071u' \
      -H 'ApiKey: {API_KEY}'

An example payload is included below to illustrate a potential response.

{
  "success": true,
  "id": "dfe4d117-74e1-4545-9e79-a0baac8208a7",
  "events": [
    {
      "type": "listing",
      "odometer": 100000,
      "price": 100000,
      "marketplace": "Gumtree",
      "timestamp": "2022-09-20T10:22:07.072",
      "seller_type": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Features

You can opt to enrich your vehicle history payload by passing in a feature or features separated by commas.

curl '/v2/sourcing/history?region=au&registration_plate=BMT038&state=VIC&year=2019&make=Volkswagen&features=price_changes&model=Polo&vin=KL3TA48E9CB053071'
      -H 'ApiKey: {API_KEY}'

Price Changes

Currently we support the price_changes feature that will show you fluctuations in the price. Passing this feature will return upward on downward movements in the listings price.

Contact your sales rep to understand your commercial rate card for each feature.