BULK ACCESS: Vehicle Ownership Cost API

Vehicle Ownership Cost API

The vehicle ownership cost API can estimate the cost of ownership over the next 5 years based on a vehicle’s VIN. Support by millions of records in VinAudit’s historical vehicle database, the API supports estimating depreciation, insurance, fuel, maintenance, repairs, and state taxes & fees. Access to the ownership cost API requires an API account with ownership cost access enabled.

Documentation

To query whether data for a VIN exists, request:

http://ownershipcost.vinaudit.com/getownershipcost.php

With GET or POST parameters:

Parameter	Description	Required	Example
vin	The vehicle identification number	Yes	1NXBR32E85Z505904
key	Your VinAudit API key	Yes	VA_DEMO_KEY
state	State Code	Yes	WA
format	Output format (json)	(optional)	json

Response attributes:

Parameter	Description	Example
vin	The vehicle identification number	1NXBR32E85Z505904
mileage_start	The current mileage of the vehicle (default value: -1)	-1
mileage_year	The estimated yearly mileage of the vehicle (default value: 15000)	15000
vehicle	The vehicle title (Year, Make, Model, Trim)	2005 Toyota Corolla LE
depreciation_cost	The estimated yearly depreciation cost	1682, 807, 706, 639, 572
insurance_cost	The estimated yearly insurance cost	1487, 1539, 1592, 1648, 1706
fuel_cost	The estimated yearly fuel cost	2722, 2803, 2887, 2974, 3063
maintenance_cost	The estimated yearly maintenance cost	2763, 1748, 845, 545, 2291
repairs_cost	The estimated yearly repairs cost	977, 1138, 1298, 1417, 1627
fees_cost	The estimated yearly state fees & taxes cost	459, 52, 67, 43, 59
total_cost	The estimated yearly total cost	10089, 8088, 7396, 7266, 9319
total_cost_sum	The estimated overall total cost over the next 5 years	42158

Examples

Example #1. (successful request)

Request:

http://ownershipcost.vinaudit.com/getownershipcost.php?vin=1NXBR32E85Z505904&key=VA_DEMO_KEY&state=WA

Response:

{"vin":"1NXBR32E85Z505904","mileage_start":150000,"mileage_year":15000,"vehicle":"2005 Toyota Corolla","trim":"CE","depreciation_cost":[1682,807,706,639,572],"insurance_cost":[1487,1539,1592,1648,1706],"fuel_cost":[2722,2803,2887,2974,3063],"maintenance_cost":[2763,1748,845,545,2291],"repairs_cost":[977,1138,1298,1417,1627],"fees_cost":[599,21,21,21,21],"total_cost":[10230,8057,7350,7245,9281],"total_cost_sum":42164}

Example #2. (unsuccessful request)

Request:

http://ownershipcost.vinaudit.com/getownershipcost.php?vin=MNXBR32E85Z505904&key=VA_DEMO_KEY&format=json

Response:

{"vin":"MNXBR32E85Z505904","success":false,"error":"invalid vin"}

BULK ACCESS: Vehicle Ownership Cost API

Example #1. (successful request)

Example #2. (unsuccessful request)

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