classifieds

Models available for given classifieds brands

Most common first, capped at 400. Use it to narrow a model select after a brand is picked.

get/api/classifieds/models

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.thecarapi.com
  • URL: https://api.thecarapi.com/api/classifieds/models
  • Auth: one of:
    • API key in header X-API-Key
    • HTTP bearer
    • API key in query parameter api_key

Query parameters

brandstring required
Example:BMW,Audi

Comma-separated brands. Omitting it is a 400.

Headers

If-None-Matchstring
Example:W/"6f1c0a9d8e"

Echo back the ETag from your last response for this URL. An unchanged page answers 304 Not Modified with no body. ETags are weak, so the tag stays valid whether or not the body came back compressed.

Response

Models for those brands.

successboolean required
contract_versionstring

Matches info.version of this document.

request_idstring

Also returned as the X-Request-ID header.

server_timestring date-time

UTC ISO-8601 timestamp of the response.

data_updated_atstring date-time

Route-supplied data timestamp, falling back to server_time. Not a guaranteed source refresh time; inspect listing observation timestamps and live_price.fetched_at where available.

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "contract_version": "2026-09-03"
}

Changes

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