# 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/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://4010475651-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFaCA1JqFKRrqIB0EfZlZ%2Fuploads%2F05foVj0VlwWTAninPJng%2Ftexts.png?alt=media&#x26;token=4b5be6cd-5284-40d9-98ce-dabb75e9f2ad" 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://4010475651-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFaCA1JqFKRrqIB0EfZlZ%2Fuploads%2F1pnfsuFm8OzWd68n2SOl%2Fvin.png?alt=media&#x26;token=9524480c-70e4-49db-a193-c09eb29ae035" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3><strong>VIN Search</strong></h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you have a VIN and want summary data to resolve to a vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="vin-search">vin-search</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="https://4010475651-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFaCA1JqFKRrqIB0EfZlZ%2Fuploads%2FCT5BlHfgmdPfdDMR52bL%2Fplate.png?alt=media&#x26;token=ccd23404-858e-4655-93de-344cfbc85adc" 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://4010475651-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFaCA1JqFKRrqIB0EfZlZ%2Fuploads%2FZ8D4NhpkuLnIkK2bG87N%2Ffacets.png?alt=media&#x26;token=69266ef5-d666-4653-a6cf-50ba3e6ef043" 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://4010475651-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFaCA1JqFKRrqIB0EfZlZ%2Fuploads%2FfNNRg7r1V5RLDwSCXEaT%2Fupicon.png?alt=media&#x26;token=999cd7f7-0347-4b38-b066-50966d712045" alt=""></p><h3>Upstream VIN &#x26; Registration Search</h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you would like to understand registration information without being given a vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="upstream-vehicle-search">upstream-vehicle-search</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="https://4010475651-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFaCA1JqFKRrqIB0EfZlZ%2Fuploads%2FqcUdHSIKQIck2WEzMWjX%2Fidsearch.png?alt=media&#x26;token=5a165921-6104-4468-818e-ecbd4dcf949b" 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://4010475651-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FFaCA1JqFKRrqIB0EfZlZ%2Fuploads%2F4VyCU7M5J5etnVTDVVpW%2Fmid.png?alt=media&#x26;token=e96d558c-4186-4437-baa1-9267b9b67c4b" 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>