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Plate Decoder

US Vehicle Plate Decoder

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Look up a US vehicle by license plate number and state. Returns the VIN, year, make, model, trim, engine, body style, transmission, drive type, fuel type and exterior color. Optionally decodes the VIN to include the full vehicle specifications object. Accepts plates from all 50 US states, the District of Columbia (DC) and Puerto Rico (PR).

Each successful lookup costs 5 credits; decodeVIN=true adds one Specifications charge when specifications are returned.

Credit plans: 5 credits per successful billable lookup. Failed lookups and no-data errors do not use credits. See https://carsxe.com/pricing.md for billing units.

get/v1/us-platedecoder

Request

Query parameters

platestring required

The vehicle registration number or license plate number.

statestring required

Two-letter abbreviation for one of the 50 US states, the District of Columbia (DC), or Puerto Rico (PR).

decodeVIN'true' | '1'

Set to true or 1 to decode the resolved VIN and include a vehicle_specs object in the response (identical in shape to the Specifications endpoint response).

Response

Plate decoded successfully.

successboolean
vinstring
yearstring
makestring
modelstring
trimstring
descriptionstring
engine_sizestring
body_stylestring
transmissionstring
drive_typestring
fuel_typestring
colorstring

Changes

  • 7f2e68cf66c2Revision changes
    • info

      added the non-success response with the status

    • info

      added the non-success response with the status