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Search for IDS Code

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Powerful search for identifying the correct IDS Code for any car or light commercial vehicle,  with extensive input parameters. 

Use it like a search engine to generate a list of confidence ranked results,  or to map to Solifi data from your existing data landscape.

Key Features

Powerful

One Auto API uses proprietary data matching technology for outstanding accuracy

Transparent

Confidence ranked results, ideal for scenarios where the exact model year or pack variant cannot be distinguished from input data

Comprehensive

Your gateway to IDS Codes for over 200,000 cars and commercials, providing access to highly accurate, up-to-date vehicle data

Manual Lookups

Allow users to easily search for the closest matching vehicle based on limited data entry.

Automated Mapping

Use multiple inputs from your existing data landscape for highly accurate automated data matching

Model Year Compliant

IDS Codes are model year compliant, for increased precision in vehicle data and pricing

Pricing

PAYG
free
Per Use
Business
free
Per Use
Enterprise
free
Per Use

Pricing

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Documentation

Introduction

Powerful search for identifying the correct IDS Code for any car or light commercial vehicle, with extensive input parameters.

Header

When making calls to our API, include the following header:

x-api-key:your-api-key-here

Example Request

https://api.oneautoapi.com/solifi/searchforidscode?manufacturer_desc=Hyundai&model_range_desc=i20&derivative_desc=1.4 Comfort Auto 5dr&first_registration_date=2020-01-01&fuel_type_desc=Diesel&transmission_desc=Automatic&drivetrain_desc=Front Wheel&engine_capacity_cc=1396&number_gears=6&number_doors=5&emission_class=6&power_ps=204&power_kw=73&power_bhp=98&current_production=true&co2_gkm=128&is_commercial_vehicle=false

Example Sandbox Request

https://sandbox.oneautoapi.com/solifi/searchforidscode?manufacturer_desc=Hyundai&model_range_desc=i20&derivative_desc=1.4 Comfort Auto 5dr&first_registration_date=2020-01-01&fuel_type_desc=Diesel&transmission_desc=Automatic&drivetrain_desc=Front Wheel&engine_capacity_cc=1396&number_gears=6&number_doors=5&emission_class=6&power_ps=204&power_kw=73&power_bhp=98&current_production=true&co2_gkm=128&is_commercial_vehicle=false

Request Parameters

manufacturer_desc
mandatory, string, e.g. Hyundai
Manufacturer description
model_range_desc
optional, string, e.g. i20
Model range description.
derivative_desc
optional, string, e.g. 1.4 Comfort Auto 5dr
Derivative description.
first_registration_date
optional, string, e.g. 2020-01-01
Date of first registration.
fuel_type_desc
optional, string, e.g. Diesel
The vehicle's fuel type description.
transmission_desc
optional, string, e.g. Automatic
The vehicle's transmission type.
drivetrain_desc
optional, string, e.g. Front Wheel
Drivetrain.
engine_capacity_cc
optional, string, e.g. 1396
Cubic capacity of the engine.
number_gears
optional, string, e.g. 6
Number of gears.
number_doors
optional, string, e.g. 5
Number of doors.
emission_class
optional, string, e.g. 6
European emission standard. Value indicates the emission levels in line with the age of the vehicle.
power_ps
optional, string, e.g. 204
Power PS.
power_kw
optional, string, e.g. 73
The maximum net power in kw
power_bhp
optional, string, e.g. 98
Maximum BHP (Break Horse Power) of this vehicle.
current_production
optional, string, e.g. true
When supplying a "true" value will return only generations currently in production
co2_gkm
optional, string, e.g. 128
CO2 in g/km
is_commercial_vehicle
optional, string, e.g. false
Is this a commercial vehicle.

Sample Response

{
  "success": true,
  "result": [
    {
      "ids_code": "AB001234",
      "vehicle_desc": "Hyundai i20 5 Door Hatch 1.4 Comfort Auto",
      "full_model_year": 2021.25,
      "confidence_ranking": 2
    }
  ],
  "error": "If there is an error the message would go here"
}

Response Parameters

success
e.g. true
Whether the api call was successful
ids_code
e.g. AB001234
The IDS Code.
vehicle_desc
e.g. Hyundai i20 5 Door Hatch 1.4 Comfort Auto
The Vehicle description
full_model_year
e.g. 2021.25
The full model year
confidence_ranking
e.g. 2
Confidence ranking
error
e.g. If there is an error the message would go here
Details of what went wrong with the api call

Status Codes

200
success, chargeable
Request has been successfully received and a response has been sent.
202
accepted, non-chargeable
Request has been received and accepted for processing, but the action has not yet been completed.
204
no content, non-chargeable
Request has been successfully received but there is no content to return e.g. if an invalid VRM has been sent.
206
partial content, non-chargeable
Request has been successfully received but limited content is returned e.g. if an invalid VRM has been sent.
400
bad request, non-chargeable
Request was not received e.g. if any required parameters are missing.
403
forbidden, non-chargeable
Request was rejected e.g. if the API key is invalid or the service is not enabled.
429
too many requests, non-chargeable
API key rate limit/quota has been exceeded.
500
internal server error, non-chargeable
We are unable to process the request e.g. if the API is under extremely heavy load.
503
service unavailable, non-chargeable
Service is temporarily unavailable. Contact help@oneautoapi.com

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List Price from IDS Code

Current and historic list price data for cars and light commercials.