Vehicle Lookup By Plate (Live)

Returns live vehicle information from a number plate.

GET /v1/vehicles/{PLATE}

Param	Type	Desription
PLATE	String	The vehicle number plate to lookup. Example: J12096

• Cache: 1 hour
• Rate Limit:
  • Wait 3 seconds between requests
  • Maximum of 300 requests per hour

Response

200 (OK)

This is a sample response.

Status: 200 (OK)

{
  "make": "Toyota",
  "model": "RANGE ROVER VOGUE SE SDV8",
  "type": "Panel Van",
  "color": "White",
  "cylinderCapacity": "2446 (cc)",
  "weight": "Not known",
  "co2Emissions": "Not known",
  "fuelType": "HEAVY_OIL",
  "firstRegisteredAt": "1996-03-22T00:00:00.000Z",
  "firstRegisteredInJerseyAt": "1996-03-22T00:00:00.000Z",
  "previousOwners": 6,
  "previousTraders": 2,
  "hash": "o2326982cbed5c7051e0171887df2db0d75b650aac9788d4f1628e9eb275db90"
}

Schema

Key	Type	Description
make	String	The vehicle make
model	String/null	The vehicle model. This may be null as the vehicle search api doesn't provide this and we need to cross reference it with open data
type	String	The vehicle category
color	String	The vehicle colour
cylinderCapacity	Number/null	The vehicle cylinder capacity
weight	String	The vehicle weight
co2Emissions	Number/null	The CO2 emossions that the vehicle emits
fuelType	String	See Fuel Types below
firstRegisteredAt	String	The date the vehicle was first ever registered
firstRegisteredInJerseyAt	String	The date the vehicle was first registered in Jersey
previousOwners	Number	The number of previous owners
previousTraders	Number	The numbers of previous owners who are traders
hash	String	A SHA-256 hash of multiple properties above. This is used to cross reference vehicle information from the Search API and open data

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Enums

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Fuel Types

Key	Description
PETROL	Petrol powered
HEAVY_OIL	Diesel powered
ELECTRIC	Fully electric
HYBRID_ELECTRIC	Hybrid
GAS
DIESEL_ELECTRIC	Diesel hybrid
GAS_BI_FUEL
STEAM
UNKNOWN	The fuel type is unknown

Sources

Source
Vehicle Search Website
All Vehicles Registered in Jersey on opendata.gov.je (For retrieving vehicle model)