Autotrader

aid: autotrader
name: Autotrader
description: Autotrader is the UK's largest digital automotive marketplace, providing REST APIs through the Autotrader Connect platform for vehicle listings, dealer stock management, VIN and VRM lookups, vehicle valuations, retail metrics, taxonomy, images, deals, and consumer-facing search. The platform enables technology partners and retailers to integrate automotive data and marketplace functionality into their systems in real time.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/autotrader/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: "0.19"
tags:
  - Automotive
  - Vehicles
  - Marketplace
  - Dealer
  - Listings
  - Valuations
  - VIN
  - VRM
  - Inventory
  - Car Buying
  - Car Selling
apis:
  - name: Autotrader Vehicles API
    description: Provides VRM and VIN lookups, MOT history, vehicle features, valuations, and retail metrics for individual vehicles. Enables dealers and partners to retrieve comprehensive vehicle data for appraisals and stock creation.
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    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Vehicles
      - VIN
      - VRM
      - MOT History
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Taxonomy API
    description: Provides structured data for vehicle makes, models, generations, and derivatives. Used to build consistent vehicle classification and search facets across automotive systems.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Taxonomy
      - Makes
      - Models
      - Classification
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Stock API
    description: Enables retailers to manage their forecourt inventory programmatically. Supports creating, updating, and deleting vehicle adverts in the Autotrader marketplace from third-party dealer management systems.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Stock
      - Inventory
      - Listings
      - Dealer
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Images API
    description: CDN-backed image storage and management API for vehicle adverts. Allows partners to upload, retrieve, and manage vehicle photography via Autotrader's content delivery network.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Images
      - CDN
      - Media
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Search API
    description: Provides filtered and sorted access to consumer vehicle adverts on the Autotrader marketplace. Enables partners to build consumer-facing search and browsing applications with Autotrader inventory.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Search
      - Listings
      - Consumer
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Valuations API
    description: Delivers current UK market vehicle valuation data based on real-time Autotrader marketplace signals. Provides dealers and partners with trusted pricing intelligence for retail decisions.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Valuations
      - Pricing
      - Market Data
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Vehicle Metrics API
    description: Provides supply, demand, and pricing intelligence metrics to help retailers understand market positioning. Includes retail rating, average days to sell, and competitor analysis data.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Metrics
      - Analytics
      - Retail
      - Market Intelligence
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Future Valuations API
    description: Returns predicted vehicle valuations for a specified future date, enabling dealers to forecast vehicle depreciation and make forward-looking pricing and acquisition decisions.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Valuations
      - Forecasting
      - Depreciation
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Historic Valuations API
    description: Provides access to historical vehicle valuation data, enabling trend analysis and retrospective pricing research across the UK automotive market.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Valuations
      - Historical
      - Pricing
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Deals API
    description: Manages the full deal lifecycle between buyers and dealers on the Autotrader platform. Supports deal creation, status updates, and notifications including DEAL_CREATE and DEAL_UPDATE events.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Deals
      - Transactions
      - eCommerce
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Part Exchange API
    description: Manages part-exchange vehicle transactions allowing dealers to appraise and accept trade-in vehicles as part of the deal flow integrated with Autotrader's Deal Builder product.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Part Exchange
      - Trade-In
      - Deals
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Co-Driver API
    description: AI-powered API that generates vehicle advert descriptions and optimizes image ordering for vehicle listings. Enables dealers to produce high-quality, consistent content at scale through integration with their existing systems.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - AI
      - Content Generation
      - Images
      - Descriptions
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - name: Autotrader Finance API
    description: Beta API supporting finance application and quote management for vehicle purchases. Enables integration of motor finance products into the Autotrader deal flow and partner platforms.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
    baseURL: https://api.autotrader.co.uk
    tags:
      - Finance
      - Payments
      - Motor Finance
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.autotrader.co.uk
  - type: PartnerSite
    url: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/partners/retailer/platform/autotrader-connect
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/api
  - type: Blog
    url: https://engineering.autotrader.co.uk
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.autotrader.co.uk
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/auto-trader-uk
  - type: X
    url: https://twitter.com/AutoTrader_UK
  - type: Support
    url: https://help.autotrader.co.uk/hc/en-gb
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/autotrader-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/autotrader-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/autotrader-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]