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    Japan Lookup

    The Japan Lookup API allows you to get basic information about a Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) vehicle.

    If a match is found make, model and manufacture_date can be expected. Sometimes, grade, body, engine, drive are also returned.

    This API product is not available for resale of data.

    Request

    <site>/a/vehicle:japan_lookup?key=<Developer API Key>&chassis=<chassis number>

    • chassis — a chassis number
    • key — API key

    Response

    The default response format is JSON. For XML add &f=xml to the request.

    If CarJam does not have all the data to return or the data is outdated we will start fetching the data. While we are busy doing so we will reply with null response. Additionally, we will return Refresh: <seconds> HTTP header for you to read. Refresh headers signals you how long to wait before attempting to do another request. If you don't want to read Refresh header please wait at least one second before coming back.

    Eventually, you will receive a response. Note, there could be multiple cars matches for a single chassis number. It would look something like:

    Response example

    {
    "cars": [
        {
            "chassis_number": "ZZE122-3195943",
            "make": "TOYOTA",
            "model": "COROLLA\/FIELDER",
            "grade": "LXL",
            "manufacture_date": "2006-09",
            "body": "ZZE122",
            "engine": "1ZZFE",
            "drive": "FF",
            "transmission": "ATM"
        }
    ]
}

    Error response example

    {
    "scode": "err-no-matches-found",
    "code": -1,
    "error": -1,
    "message": "No matches found",
}
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