VIN Decoder API
Pricing
from $0.50 / 1,000 vin decodeds
Decode VINs against the free NHTSA databases. Structured output (identification, engine, body, safety, ADAS, EV, manufacturing), optional active recalls and NCAP safety ratings, VIN structural breakdown with check-digit validation. Pay-per-event tiered pricing.
All notable changes to this project are documented here. Format follows Keep a Changelog .
decodeMode: basic | extended toggle. Extended mode calls NHTSA's DecodeVinValuesExtended/{vin} per VIN for ~30% more fields (extra ADAS, EV battery, plant metadata) at the cost of losing batching. Basic mode (default) keeps the 50-VIN batched call.includeRecalls toggle. Fetches NHTSA recalls by make/model/year and attaches the list to each decoded record. Per-run cache keyed by make+model+year so duplicate VINs cost zero extra upstream calls. Charged as recalls-fetched events.includeSafetyRatings toggle. Two-step lookup against api.nhtsa.gov/SafetyRatings/... returning star ratings, complaint counts, recall counts, and ADAS availability per trim. Cached per make+model+year. Charged as safety-rating-fetched events.structure object with WMI, VDS, VIS, check digit, model year character, plant code, sequential number — fully offline parse.valid: false records with errors: [...]. Failed check-digit math is reported via structure.checkDigitValid but does not reject the VIN (non-NA VINs frequently fail the math while still being real).vehicleInfo blob with semantic categories: identification, body, engine, drivetrain, electric, safety, advancedDriverAssistance, manufacturing, diagnostics, plus an other bucket for unmapped fields. NHTSA's original PascalCase keys are preserved within each category.vin-decoded, recalls-fetched, safety-rating-fetched, invalid-vin (intended free-tier). Configure prices in Console → Settings → Monetization.vehicleInfo is gone; consumers should read from the category buckets or the new other field.record.vehicleInfo.Make should switch to record.identification.Make. All NHTSA field names within categories are unchanged.DecodeVINValuesBatch endpoint.apify-actor-start (configured in Console → Settings → Monetization) plus one vin-decoded event per VIN successfully written to the dataset.maxVinsPerRun hard cap (default 1000) so a single run cannot accidentally rack up unbounded charges.