🇺🇸 United States - Vehicle by VIN

This service decodes a 17-character vehicle identification number (VIN) for a U.S. market vehicle and returns structured vehicle attributes (make, model, model year, engine, body class, and related fields) sourced from NHTSA VPIC-style data.

Endpoint

GET https://api.verifik.co/v2/usa/vehicle-by-vin

Decode a U.S. vehicle by VIN using the vin query parameter (exactly 17 characters). Optional force can bypass cached records when supported by the integration.

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
vin	string	Yes	17-character VIN (letters and digits, no spaces).	1G3AK47A7CM535209
force	string	No	When true, forces a fresh decode instead of returning a stored match (if applicable).	true

Request

JavaScript

import axios from 'axios';

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.verifik.co/v2/usa/vehicle-by-vin',
  params: {
    vin: '1G3AK47A7CM535209'
  },
  headers: {
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer <your_token>'
  }
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.verifik.co")
payload = ''
headers = {}
conn.request("GET", "/v2/usa/vehicle-by-vin?vin=1G3AK47A7CM535209", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))

PHP

<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('https://api.verifik.co/v2/usa/vehicle-by-vin?vin=1G3AK47A7CM535209');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>

Swift

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.verifik.co/v2/usa/vehicle-by-vin?vin=1G3AK47A7CM535209")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()

Response

200

{
  "data": {
    "make": "OLDSMOBILE",
    "model": "Cutlass",
    "modelYear": "1982",
    "vehicleType": "PASSENGER CAR",
    "vin": "1G3AK47A7CM535209"
  },
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "October 10, 2025 7:10 PM",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  },
  "id": "KFOFL"
}

404

{
    "code": "NotFound",
    "message": "Record not found."
}

409

{
  "code": "MissingParameter",
  "message": "Validation error message for VIN."
}

500

{
  "code": "InternalServerError",
  "message": "Server error."
}

Features

• VIN decode: 17-character VIN validation and decode
• NHTSA-aligned data: Structured technical and descriptive fields when available
• Consistent with plate lookup: Same normalized vehicle object shape as the U.S. plate endpoint where applicable