Cars APIs

Access comprehensive car listings through MarketCheck's Cars API. Search inventory, retrieve detailed listings, find dealers, and analyze market trends across the United Kingdom.

The Cars API provides developers with comprehensive access to UK automotive data, including real-time inventory, vehicle specifications, market analytics, and dealer information. Built on MarketCheck's extensive database of UK vehicle listings, the API delivers the automotive data infrastructure needed for building marketplace platforms, dealership tools, pricing applications, and consumer automotive services.

Prerequisites

Before using the Cars API, ensure you understand these foundational concepts:

Getting Started with API - Complete account setup, authentication configuration, and understand rate limits
Understanding MarketCheck Data - Familiarize yourself with our automotive datasets, listing types, data sources, and key concepts

New to MarketCheck APIs? We recommend reading both prerequisite guides before exploring the endpoint documentation.

Available APIs

Inventory Search APIs

Search through thousands of active and recently expired automotive listings with advanced filtering capabilities, geographic search functionality, and comprehensive statistical insights to help you find exactly what you need.

Key Capabilities:

Near real-time inventory updates from dealers sites
Advanced search filters with more than 100 parameters including VRM, make, model, year, price, mileage, and many more
Faceting — Facets provide aggregated counts of unique values for specific fields (like make, model, year, variant) across your search results
Spatial Search — Perform geographic searches with radius-based filtering to find vehicles near specific locations
Statistics — Calculate market averages for price, mileage, and days on market to understand market trends

Following are the primary endpoints available for searching automotive inventory:

Endpoint	Purpose	Key Features
`/v2/search/car/uk/active`	Search active dealer inventory	Real-time inventory, advanced filters, geographic search
`/v2/search/car/uk/recents`	Access last 90 days of inventory	Historical trends, price changes, market movement analysis

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Vehicle Listing APIs

Retrieve detailed vehicle information including cached and live photo links, comprehensive features, and detailed seller comments using unique MarketCheck listing IDs obtained from search results.

Listing Type	Endpoint
Dealer Listings	`/listing/car/uk/{listing_id}`

The Vehicle Listing API endpoint provides all the information needed to build comprehensive Vehicle Details Pages (VDPs) for your website or mobile application, ensuring users have access to complete vehicle information for informed decision-making.

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Vehicle History APIs

Access comprehensive vehicle history data from MarketCheck's extensive database, providing valuable insight into vehicle market behavior and pricing trends.

Historical Data Coverage:

Complete online listing history collected since January 2022 from UK dealer websites
Comprehensive price history trends, market movement patterns, and listing duration analysis
Historical trends and price changes for specific vehicles

Endpoint	Function
`/v2/history/car/uk/{vrm}`	Complete vehicle listing history by VRM with price trends and market data

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Dealer APIs

Access comprehensive information about automotive dealership networks and complete inventory listings for automotive dealerships across the United Kingdom.

Key Capabilities:

Find dealers within specific geographic areas using precise coordinate-based search functionality
Retrieve detailed dealer information including contact details, location data, and operational information
Access comprehensive dealership contact information, location details, and operational data
Support advanced inventory management and syndication processes for business applications

API Function	Endpoint
Dealer Search	`/v2/dealers/car/uk`
Dealer Details	`/v2/dealer/car/uk/{id}`
Dealership Groups	`/v2/dealerships/car/uk`

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Market Insight APIs

Leverage MarketCheck's market data and analytics for pricing insights and market dynamics analysis tailored to the UK automotive market.

Market Insights Include:

Proprietary, AI-powered price prediction algorithms that forecast vehicle values and market movements

Intelligence Type	Endpoint
MarketCheck Price	`/v2/predict/car/uk/marketcheck_price`

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Cached Images API

Access MarketCheck's cached vehicle images for improved performance, faster loading times, and reliable image delivery across your applications.

Benefits and Features:

Significantly faster page load times through optimized cached storage systems
Reliable image availability even when original dealer websites change or remove images
Currently focused on used car listings with planned expansion to additional vehicle categories
Simple URL-based image retrieval using listing and image IDs for easy integration

Endpoint	Function
`/v2/image/cache/car/{listing_id}/{image_id}`	Retrieve cached vehicle images with guaranteed availability

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