# Israel Used Car Check - Vehicle History by Plate (`lior-tools/israel-used-car-check-vehicle-history-by-plate`) Actor

Israeli used car history by license plate: mileage at last test, leasing/rental past, open safety recalls, off-road status, LPG/structure changes, specs and a plain-English risk list. Bulk input, CSV/Excel/JSON, n8n/Make/Zapier. Independent; no owner, accident or lien data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lior-tools/israel-used-car-check-vehicle-history-by-plate.md
- **Developed by:** [Lior Mariasin](https://apify.com/lior-tools) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $20.00 / 1,000 car reports

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Israel Used Car Check - Vehicle History by License Plate

Enter an Israeli license plate (מספר רישוי) and get a **full used-car report** built from the official Israel Ministry of Transport open data - in English, in seconds. Check one car before you buy, or thousands for a dealership, insurer or app.

### What the report includes

- **Registry status:** active, inactive, off the road / scrapped (with date), heavy vehicle, two-wheeler, personal import
- **Mileage:** odometer at the last annual test, average km per year
- **History:** previous use (leasing, rental, private), structure change, color change, LPG conversion, tire-size change
- **Open safety recalls** not yet fixed, with a description of each fault
- **License (test):** last test date, valid until, still valid?
- **Vehicle details:** make, model, trim, year, color, fuel, ownership type, VIN, first on road, disabled-parking tag
- **Specs:** body type, engine cc, horsepower, gearbox, airbags, ABS, stability control, towing capacity
- **Risk flags:** a plain-English list of anything a buyer should ask about

### Who it is for

- **Used-car buyers:** check a car before you see it - is the mileage plausible, was it a rental, does it have an open recall?
- **Dealers and importers:** screen trade-ins and stock in bulk.
- **Insurers, leasing and fleet companies:** enrich plate lists and flag risky vehicles.
- **Developers and AI agents:** one API call instead of parsing ten Hebrew government datasets.

### How to use

1. Enter plates in **License plates** (dashes and spaces are fine).
2. Click **Start**.
3. Download the reports as JSON, CSV or Excel, or call the Actor through the API, Make, Zapier, n8n or MCP.

### Pricing

Pay per report: you are charged only for plates that are found. Plates that are not found are returned with `found: false`.

### Data source and limits

All data comes from public datasets the Israeli Ministry of Transport publishes on data.gov.il. The report does not include owner identity, accident history or liens, because the government does not publish them. Data is as fresh as the government datasets.

### Related tools

- [Israel Vehicle Lookup by License Plate](https://apify.com/lior-tools/israel-vehicle-lookup) - a lighter, cheaper lookup (make, model, year, color, fuel, ownership, test dates) when you do not need the full history report.

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with the Israeli government.

# Actor input Schema

## `plates` (type: `array`):

Israeli license plate numbers (5-8 digits). Dashes and spaces are fine, e.g. 12-345-67.

## `includeNotFound` (type: `boolean`):

Add a row with found=false for plates missing from all registries (not charged).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "plates": [
    "53774801",
    "9533278"
  ],
  "includeNotFound": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "plates": [
        "53774801",
        "9533278"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lior-tools/israel-used-car-check-vehicle-history-by-plate").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "plates": [
        "53774801",
        "9533278",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lior-tools/israel-used-car-check-vehicle-history-by-plate").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "plates": [
    "53774801",
    "9533278"
  ]
}' |
apify call lior-tools/israel-used-car-check-vehicle-history-by-plate --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lior-tools/israel-used-car-check-vehicle-history-by-plate"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/uXkyr5hFjwoJpQimk/builds/Zp8AXCjWfrIANlhH4/openapi.json