---
title: "POST /api/v1/tier1.vehicle-models.search"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tier1.vehicle-models.search"
tags: ["tier1"]
---

# POST /api/v1/tier1.vehicle-models.search

`POST /api/v1/tier1.vehicle-models.search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.partly.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.partly.com/api/v1/tier1.vehicle-models.search`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `authorization`

Search vehicle models (families and their members) by a free-text query: a model, or a make then a model. Returns the stable model and family ids used in `VehicleVariant.typed_properties`, for model filter pickers.

## Headers

- `authorization` string, required: UTF-8 encoded string

## Request body

- Tier1VehicleModelSearchRequest
  - `cursor` string: UTF-8 encoded string
  - `limit` integer: 32-bit unsigned integer
  - `query` string, required: UTF-8 encoded string

## Response `200`

200 OK

- Tier1VehicleModelSearchResponse
  - `items` Tier1VehicleModelSearchItem[], required: Expandable array type
    - `family` Tier1Labelled, required: A recognised value: its stable id and display name.
      - `id` string, required: UTF-8 encoded string
      - `name` string, required: UTF-8 encoded string
    - `id` string, required: UTF-8 encoded string
    - `make` Tier1Labelled, required: A recognised value: its stable id and display name.
      - `id` string, required: UTF-8 encoded string
      - `name` string, required: UTF-8 encoded string
    - `name` string, required: UTF-8 encoded string
  - `next_cursor` string: UTF-8 encoded string

## Other responses

- `default`: Error cases

## Changes

- **2026-10-15** `d73948080dc7`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/partly/apis/core-server/changes/api/v1/tier1.vehicle-models.search/post.md)

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