# 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/uk-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/5qLYvzu45gdlTAGQCN9d/blobs/BTBWoLzpo8hxozKP8X3r/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://2006860467-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F5qLYvzu45gdlTAGQCN9d%2Fuploads%2Ftchqr1FEF2e32FBmMjU3%2Fvrms.png?alt=media&#x26;token=8e56f5f1-ecfc-49b9-8cfc-973b432c61d6" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3><strong>Vehicle Registration Mark Search</strong></h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you have a VRM and want summary data. </p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="vrm-search">vrm-search</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/5qLYvzu45gdlTAGQCN9d/blobs/KB0EPxgo31zN9B6lzBz8/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/5qLYvzu45gdlTAGQCN9d/blobs/SusEJupfIAsqQS5c7eNV/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/5qLYvzu45gdlTAGQCN9d/blobs/W8L3ptpYkhK43Shr7cvr/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>