CarSwitch Data Parser & API

CarSwitch is a UAE and Saudi Arabia used-car marketplace built around inspected C2C sales — and Carapis extracts its full listing data, including make, model, year, mileage, price and inspection reports, through one REST API. Its inspection-led model produces structured condition data, and Carapis serves it without you maintaining a scraper.

What is CarSwitch?

CarSwitch is an online used-car marketplace operating in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, focused on inspected consumer-to-consumer sales — it inspects each car and manages the transaction, sitting between a classifieds site and a full online dealer. Its inventory is in the low thousands, with each listing carrying structured inspection data. CarSwitch inventory is also surfaced on aggregators such as YallaMotor.

Market Position

CarSwitch is a smaller but data-rich player in the Gulf used-car market (under 1M monthly visits, est.; low-thousands inventory). Its differentiator is inspection-grade condition data on each inspected C2C car — closer to the transactional online-dealer model than open classifieds. This makes it complementary to Dubizzle’s large classifieds pool: CarSwitch adds depth (condition) where Dubizzle adds breadth.

Data Fields Available

Carapis extracts a structured record from each CarSwitch listing:

• Vehicle identity — make, model, trim, model year, body type, fuel type, transmission
• Condition — mileage, inspection report (structured condition data)
• Pricing — listed price
• Listing context — location/emirate, photo gallery

The inspection report is the standout field — it mirrors the inspection-grade value of online dealers, delivered as structured condition data on inspected C2C vehicles.

API Quick Start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"source": "carswitch", "limit": 20},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=carswitch&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=carswitch&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARAPIS_API_KEY"

Get an API key at my.carapis.com  and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page.

Use Cases

• Pricing intelligence — inspected-car pricing benchmarks UAE/KSA used values for dealers.
• Import / export — inspection reports let buyers vet Gulf cars remotely. See import & export.
• Market research — track inspected C2C inventory and pricing. See market research.

Frequently asked questions

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