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The best automotive & parts API on the planet.

Real-time, fully-typed access to US VIN histories, AutoZone parts fitment catalogs, Copart valuations, and UK MOT records via a single REST endpoint. Skip complex enterprise signup forms and get structured vehicle data instantly.

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280M+ Registered US Vehicles
Live AutoZone Stock & Pricing
CURSOR
POSTMAN
CLAUDE 3.5
ZAPIER
BIGQUERY
LANGCHAIN
CURSOR
POSTMAN
CLAUDE 3.5
ZAPIER
BIGQUERY
LANGCHAIN

Architecture

From request to data in a single round trip.

Your call hits our edge, gets authed and metered, routes through our distributed data network, normalizes the target data graph, and returns clean typed JSON. No middleware.

VIN / VRM Input

17-char VIN or US/UK Plate

Auth & Meter

Upstash Redis limits

Proxy Rotation

Geo-locked US/UK proxies

200 OK

Normalized part SKU/history payloads

Status: 100% Operational (Average response latency: 280ms)
Interactive Framework Workbench

Every object type, read or write, fully typed.

Access clean, structured residential listings, historical property valuations, and local specifications pulled instantly from Zillow's core map cluster systems.

GET /v1/us/properties/search
curl -X GET "https://plotapi.co/api/v1/us/properties/search?zip=90210" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer plot_live_8f3d2a"
200 OK — Normalized Payload
{ "status": "success", "engine": "zillow_residential", "query": { "zip": "90210" }, "results_count": 2, "data": [ { "id": "zl-2079089249", "title": "For Sale", "price_raw": 1250000, "price_formatted": "$1,250,000", "currency": "USD", "source_origin": "zillow", "property_type": "SingleFamily", "specifications": { "bedrooms": 4, "bathrooms": 3, "square_feet": 2800 }, "location": { "postal_code": "90210", "display_address": "123 Main St, Beverly Hills, CA 90210", "latitude": 34.0736, "longitude": -118.4004 }, "images": [ "https://photos.zillowstatic.com/fp/test-image-1.jpg" ], "agent_details": { "name": "Luxury Realty", "logo_url": null } } ] }

100% a Stripe-quality dev experience

We agonize over the edge cases
so you don't have to.

Instant Automotive Integration

Stop writing custom ingestion scripts for each website. PlotAPI normalizes complex vehicle configurations and parts catalogs into predictable JSON properties. Look up a US VIN or license plate and instantly retrieve its exact compatible brake pads from AutoZone or auction histories from Copart.

mot_statusretail_pricefuel_typefitment_notes

Taming the Legacy Data Chaos

No infrastructure to manage. We absorb the operational complexity on our network edge to guarantee response times under 500ms, so your team can focus on building products.

Self-Healing Parsers

Data sources update their structure constantly. PlotAPI utilizes automated drift-detection to hot-fix integrations before your platform experiences downtime.

AI-Native Integrations

Every account includes automated Model Context Protocol (MCP) server configurations out of the box, allowing you to plug live vehicle parts files directly into Claude, Cursor, and custom agent loops in under 60 seconds.

Ruthlessly Obsessed with Developer Experience

Masterful Error Handling.

Normally, automotive data errors are cryptic, unhelpful, and buried behind multi-thousand-pound enterprise contracts. We intercept upstream failures, rate limit responses, and network disruptions automatically.

PlotAPI unifies vehicle data into a single, predictable format and augments every error with a human-readable resolution guide.

502 Gateway Error Intercepted
{
  "error": {
    "message": "Automotive Target Error (0xCB403)",
    "userFacingMessage": "We could not retrieve the specified Euro Car Parts catalog file because the downstream gateway has refreshed its security parameters. Our infrastructure is automatically handling retry routing.",
    "type": "INTEGRATION_GATEWAY_THROTTLING",
    "httpStatusCode": 502
  }
}

Transparent Pricing

Scale Your Agent Without Limits

Sandbox

$0

50 requests / month

  • Full access to documentation
  • Ideal for testing endpoints
  • *Strictly rate-limited to 1 req/sec

Launch

$49/mo

10,000 requests / month

  • Standard response times (<600ms)
  • Email support channels
  • All endpoints included
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Growth

$149/mo

50,000 requests / month

  • Priority proxy routing (<300ms)
  • Cross-Engine Mapping (Link US VINs/License Plates directly to AutoZone catalogs and Copart valuation matrices under one key)
  • Dedicated Discord support

Scale

$399/mo

200,000 requests / month

  • Enterprise-grade rate limits
  • Dedicated infrastructure support
  • Custom webhooks

Frequently Asked Questions