How the Danish Motor Register and Motorstyrelsen's extract work, and how to build on them. Each guide links its sources and says when we last checked them.
Every week, Motorstyrelsen, the Danish Motor Vehicle Agency, puts out a free extract of the public technical data in the Danish Motor Register. No REST API comes with it, just a large file. Here is what the extract holds, how it is built, and how to look up vehicles in it from your own code.
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You call the Synsbasen API today and are considering moving plate and VIN lookups to Motorbay. Here are the differences in access, response shape and fields, what Synsbasen offers beyond Motorbay, code before and after, and a plan for switching without guessing.
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You call MotorAPI.dk today and are considering moving plate and VIN lookups to Motorbay. Here are the differences in access and endpoints, what MotorAPI's documentation says about fields, where the fields live at Motorbay, code before and after, and a plan for switching without guessing.
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About the register, the extract and using the data in your own code. Guides to the API itself, such as the quickstart, error codes and rate limits, are in the docs.
Create an account, make an API key and send your first call. The quickstart takes about five minutes. Your first 1,000 requests every month are free, and you need no card.