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
Plate number of the registered vehicle
State is used in the AU region to narrow down a numberplate
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.
Comma separated list of additional registration lookup data codes, if using (e.g. additional_upstream_data)
The region to perform this request in
An optional reference id which will be stored against usage records if supplied
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.
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": 2019Writeoff 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"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.
NSW
New South Wales
NT
Northern Territory
QLD
Queensland
SA
South Australia
TAS
Tasmania
VIC
Victoria
WA
Western Australia
ACT
Australian Capital Territory
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