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Fill in the listing from the license plate

The customer or the salesperson types the plate. Your system fetches make, model, variant, color, first registration, latest inspection and equipment, and fills in the rest.

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Fields you typically use

  • Make, model and variant
  • Color, kind and body type
  • First registration and model year
  • Latest inspection with result and odometer
  • Registered equipment
  • Weights and towing weights
See every field →

Vehicle data for car dealers and listings

  • Less typing

    One plate replaces a dozen fields in your listing or DMS form. Fewer typos in model and variant.

  • Trade-ins in seconds

    Fetch the odometer at the latest inspection, model year and status before the customer sits down.

  • Check the status

    See whether the vehicle is registered, deregistered or exported, and when the status last changed.

What a call looks like

Every response is JSON with stable field names. IDs are strings, dates are YYYY-MM-DD.

Quickstart
GET /v1/vehicles/plate/AB12345 
curl -H "X-Api-Key: $MOTORBAY_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.motorbay.app/v1/vehicles/plate/AB12345"
200 OK application/json Sample data 
{
  "id": "4815162342",
  "registrationNumber": "AB12345",
  "vin": "YV1AB12C3D4567890",
  "status": "registered",
  "registrationStatus": "registered",
  "firstRegisteredOn": "2019-03-14",
  "kind": {
    "id": "1",
    "name": "Personbil",
    "originalName": "Personbil"
  },
  "make": {
    "id": "42",
    "name": "VOLVO",
    "originalName": "VOLVO"
  },
  "model": {
    "id": "1234",
    "name": "V60",
    "originalName": "V60"
  },
  "color": {
    "id": "7",
    "name": "Grå",
    "originalName": "Grå"
  },
  "emissionStandard": {
    "id": "9",
    "name": "Euro 6",
    "originalName": "Euro 6"
  }
}

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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.

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