Used-Car Dealership Data API

Carapis gives used-car dealers a single REST API for inventory sourcing and competitive pricing — normalized listings from Encar, Mobile.de, CarGurus and 200+ other portals, so you can source stock and benchmark prices without scraping each site yourself. Instead of monitoring dozens of marketplaces by hand, your buying and pricing teams query one endpoint and get the same structured record — make, model, trim, year, mileage, price, price history and dealer — for every source.

Source stock from the marketplaces that matter

Used-car retail margins are thin, so the two levers that move profit are buying the right cars at the right price and pricing your lot to the live market. The US used-car market alone moves roughly 36–40 million units a year (Cox Automotive / Manheim estimates), and inventory turns are getting faster — which means a stale price list costs you days of margin. Carapis tracks live inventory across Encar (Korea), Mobile.de (Germany), CarGurus (US) and hundreds of regional portals, so you see what comparable stock is actually listing for, where, and at what price — continuously.

What dealership teams use the data for

• Inventory sourcing — find acquisition candidates across consumer portals and auctions; filter by make, model, trim, year, mileage and location.
• Competitive pricing — benchmark your asking prices against live comparable listings in your region and adjust before a car ages.
• Stocking decisions — see which segments are over- or under-supplied locally so you buy what turns.
• Reconditioning triage — use accident/inspection fields (where a source exposes them, e.g. Encar inspection sheets) to vet a car before you commit.

Data fields available

Carapis returns one normalized record per listing regardless of source: make, model, trim, year, mileage, price and price history, fuel type, transmission, options, photos, dealer/seller, location and — where the platform exposes them — inspection sheets and accident history. Because the schema is identical across sources, a price-comparison or stocking model written once runs against every marketplace.

API quick start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"make": "BMW", "model": "320i", "limit": 20},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(car["source"], car["year"], car["mileage"], car["price"])

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?make=BMW&model=320i&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?make=BMW&model=320i&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARAPIS_API_KEY"

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

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