Car5meta

Use Cases

• Finance vehicle profiling: supplement model, engine, and first registration date via VIN or license plate to simplify data entry for auto pledge loans and owner loans.
• Auto loan and financial lease risk control: verify the base data of pledged vehicles to assist credit and asset management.
• Insurance and after-sales service: provide model basis for quoting, underwriting, repair, and parts matching.
• Used car transaction verification: quickly complete vehicle data during acquisition, replacement, and delivery.

Endpoint

See the cooperation email notification.

API Description

Protocol	Method	Encoding	Response Format
HTTPS	GET/POST	UTF-8	JSON

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
access_token	string	Yes	Access token; required when signature verification is enabled. Generate it via the App.Auth.ApplyToken interface
PlateNum	string	Yes	License plate number (civilian plates only, letters uppercase, 7 or 8 characters, e.g., 京Q12345 or 京AD12345)
PlateType	string	Yes	Plate type: 01 commercial vehicle; 02 passenger vehicle (default)

Response Fields

Response Result

Field	Type	Meaning
ret	integer	Legacy business status code; 200 = success, 4xx = client error, 5xx = server error.
data	object/null	Vehicle five-field information; may be empty on no-data or failure.
msg	string	Message; contains error description on failure, usually an empty string on success.

data Fields

Field	Type	Meaning
VIN	string	Vehicle identification number; the complete value is a 17-character VIN.
EngineNum	string/null	Engine number.
EngineModel	string/null	Engine model.
VehicleModel	string/null	Vehicle model.
Brand	string/null	Vehicle brand.
FirstRegistrationDate	string/null	First registration date; format subject to the actual returned value.

Examples

Sample JSON Response

{
"ret": 200,
"data": {
    "EngineModel": "CFB",// Engine model
    "EngineNum": "002250",// Engine number
    "VehicleModel": "FV7146TATG",// Vehicle model
    "VIN": "1HGBH41JXMN000***",// VIN, complete 17 characters
    "Brand": "一汽-大众",// Brand
    "FirstRegistrationDate": "2009-11-11",// First registration date

    },
"msg": ""// Summary message
}

Error Codes

Error List

Status Code	Description
400	ret=400, client parameter error or invalid request
404	The interface service does not exist
406	ret=406, access_token verification failed
407	ret=407, insufficient app_key permission or unknown application
408	ret=408, the current user is prohibited or not logged in
500	Internal server error