Registration Plate Search

Find vehicle information from a registration plate.

Overview

The Vehicle Registration API allows you to search for a vehicle by supplying its number plate. The request requires a region, the state (dependent on region), the number plate, and the API key. It will return either a matching vehicle or a null.

If a matching vehicle cannot be identified in all cases, we will return the upstream_vehicle field, allowing you to identify how the relevant road transport authority describes the car. Depending on your use case, you may wish to allow front-end users to manually classify the vehicle using the guide to fill out a Facet-style search.

Get a vehicle by its registration number

get

Get a vehicle by its registration number

Authorizations

ApiKeyAuth

ApiKeystringRequired

Path parameters

plate_numberstringRequired

Plate number of the registered vehicle

Query parameters

statestringOptional

State is used in the AU region to narrow down a numberplate

prefer_more_resultsbooleanOptional

If enabled, a larger selection of vehicles may be returned and a manual selection would be required to select the correct vehicle. This is disabled by default in favor of a system which will infer the correct vehicle and order the results by likelihood of behind correct.

featuresstringOptional

Comma separated list of additional registration lookup data codes, if using (e.g. additional_upstream_data)

regionstring · enumOptional

The region to perform this request in

Possible values:

reference_idstringOptional

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

Responses

200

Success

application/json

400

Bad Request

application/json

401

Unauthorized

application/json

404

Not Found

application/json

get

/v2/vehicles/registrations/{plate_number}

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /v2/vehicles/registrations/{plate_number} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.autograb.com.au
ApiKey: YOUR_API_KEY
Accept: */*

{
  "success": true,
  "vehicle": {
    "id": "text",
    "region": "au",
    "title": "text",
    "year": 1,
    "make": "text",
    "model": "text",
    "badge": "text",
    "series": "text",
    "body_type": "text",
    "body_config": "text",
    "transmission": "text",
    "wheelbase": "text",
    "fuel": "text",
    "engine": "text",
    "drive": "text",
    "num_doors": 1
  },
  "upstream_vehicle": "text",
  "confidence": "standard",
  "colour": "text",
  "vin": "text",
  "additional_vehicles": [
    {
      "id": "text",
      "region": "au",
      "title": "text",
      "year": 1,
      "make": "text",
      "model": "text",
      "badge": "text",
      "series": "text",
      "body_type": "text",
      "body_config": "text",
      "transmission": "text",
      "wheelbase": "text",
      "fuel": "text",
      "engine": "text",
      "drive": "text",
      "num_doors": 1
    }
  ],
  "extended_data": null,
  "registration_status": {
    "expiry_date": "text",
    "status": "text"
  },
  "vehicle_age": {
    "compliance_plate": "text",
    "year_of_manufacture": 1
  },
  "writeoff_info": {},
  "build_data": {
    "vin": "text",
    "build_date": "text",
    "make": "text",
    "model": "text",
    "features": [
      {
        "code": "text",
        "value": "text"
      }
    ]
  },
  "odo_history": [
    {
      "read_date": "text",
      "odometer": 1
    }
  ],
  "odo_prediction": {
    "prediction": 1,
    "days_since_read": 1,
    "avg_yearly": 1,
    "avg_daily": 1,
    "ag_market_avg": 1
  },
  "vsrr": {
    "fuel_economy": {
      "star_rating": 1,
      "consumption": 1
    },
    "emissions": {
      "co2": 1,
      "star_rating": 1
    },
    "pollutants": {
      "star_rating": 1,
      "test_regime": "text"
    },
    "safety": {
      "driver": {
        "star_rating": 1,
        "test_regime": "text"
      }
    }
  }
}

Features

You can request more data than the standard payload by leveraging a range of features described below.

Ensure your commercial agreement has these features enabled if you require them.

Extended Data

This feature will return an extended payload of vehicle data from the registration authority. Use features=extended_data to receive this payload.

   "extended_data": {
        "body_type_description": "CAR/SEDAN",
        "color_description": "WHITE",
        "engine_number": "DKJ039523",
        "make_code": "VOLKS",
        "make_description": "",
        "model_code": "",
        "model_description": "POLO",
        "vehicle_type_description": "CAR / SMALL PASSENGER VEHICLE"

Upstream Data

This feature will return structured descriptive data from the registration authority. Use features=additional_upstream_data to receive this payload.

    "additional_upstream_data": {
        "vin": "WVWZZZAWZKU065305",
        "year": "2019",
        "make": "Volkswagen",
        "model": "Polo",
        "badge": "AW",
        "series": "85TSI Comfortline",
        "fuel_type": "95 RON PULP",
        "body_style": "Hatch",
        "transmission": "7 auto",
        "capacity_cc": "1000",
        "colour": "White",
        "title": "2019 Volkswagen AW Polo 85TSI Comfortline 4 Hatch 7sp auto 1.0L 1000cc 3cyl T/Petrol 2018"

Vehicle Age

This feature will return structured data on the age of a vehicle from the registration authority. Use features=vehicle_age to receive this payload.

    "vehicle_age": {
        "compliance_plate": "2019-04",
        "year_of_manufacture": 2019

Writeoff Information

This feature will return information about the write-off status of a vehicle. Use features=writeoff_info

  "writeoff_info": {
        "incident_list": [
            {
                "code": "Repairable Write-off",
                "damage_codes": "I04AI17DI21C",
                "jurisdiction": "VIC",
                "recorded_date": "2024-04-28",
                "type_code": "Collision"
            }
        ]

Registration Status

This feature will return information about the registration status of a vehicle. Use features=registration_status

    "registration_status": {
        "expiry_date": "2024-09-06",
        "status": "REGISTERED"
    }

Build Data

This feature will return the options fitted to the vehicle based on your Factory Build Data. It will show all options, the price and if it is fitted to the vehicle or not. Usefeatures=build_data

"build_data": {
        "vin": "WAUZZZ8V7K1028938",
        "make": "AUDI",
        "model": "A3",
        "features": [
            {
                "code": "0A1",
                "value": "2 doors"
            },
            {
                "code": "0AE",
                "value": "Front stabilizer bar"
            },
            {
                "code": "0B2",
                "value": "Wheelbase"
            },
        ],
        "build_date": "2019-03-20"

Refer to Factory Build Data reference material for more information on supported OEMs.

The State Parameter

This is a required parameter for the region. You must send the state in its short format; you can use the extended format for front-end purposes if necessary.

State (Short	State (Long)
NSW	New South Wales
NT	Northern Territory
QLD	Queensland
SA	South Australia
TAS	Tasmania
VIC	Victoria
WA	Western Australia
ACT	Australian Capital Territory