Decode one full or partial VIN into NHTSA manufacturer-reported make, model, year and vehi
Decode one full or partial VIN into NHTSA manufacturer-reported make, model, year and vehicle attributes, preserving decode errors. No owner lookup.
5000 (raw units)
price
1
calls / 30d
1
unique payers
2026-09-06
updated
Provider
foundry-par007-machine-revenue-mainnet.inference-chip-index.workers.dev · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
[
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"payTo": "0x25e8245f07d5e4873987293dad666afbe56a9608",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"amount": "5000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"body": {
"model_year": 2011,
"vin": "5UXWX7C5*BA0"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"observed_at": "2026-09-06T00:00:00Z",
"result": {
"freshness": {
"cacheAgeSeconds": 0,
"maximumCacheSeconds": 0,
"recordAgeIsNotRetrievalAge": true,
"retrievedAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00Z",
"state": "CURRENT_RETRIEVAL"
},
"normalizedResult": [],
"observedAt": "2026-09-06T00:00:00Z",
"provenance": {
"attribution": "NHTSA vPIC; manufacturer-reported vehicle attributes",
"documentationUrl": "https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/",
"license": "Public vPIC Open Data API; no licensing or registration requirement",
"limitations": [
"Illustrative empty result; no live data claim."
],
"modifications": "Selected factual fields, normalized names and bounded result count; no source ownership claimed.",
"termsUrl": "https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/Home/Index/FAQ",
"truncated": false,
"upstreamCalls": 1
},
"query": {
"model_year": 2011,
"vin": "5UXWX7C5*BA0"
},
"rawSourceIdentifiers": [],
"source": "NHTSA vPIC",
"sourceProcessedAt": null,
"sourceUpdatedAt": null,
"sourceUrl": "https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov"
},
"route": "nhtsa-vin-decode"
},
"type": "json"
}
},
"schema": {
"properties": {
"input": {
"properties": {
"body": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"model_year": {
"maximum": 2035,
"minimum": 1980,
"type": "integer"
},
"vin": {
"pattern": "^[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9*]{11,17}$",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"vin"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"const": "json"
},
"method": {
"const": "POST"
},
"type": {
"const": "http"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"observed_at": {
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"result": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"freshness": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"cacheAgeSeconds": {
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"maximumCacheSeconds": {
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number"
},
"recordAgeIsNotRetrievalAge": {
"const": true,
"type": "boolean"
},
"retrievedAt": {
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z))$",
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"const": "CURRENT_RETRIEVAL",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"retrievedAt",
"cacheAgeSeconds",
"maximumCacheSeconds",
"state",
"recordAgeIsNotRetrievalAge"
],
"type": "object"
},
"normalizedResult": {
"items": {
"additionalProperties": {},
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "object"
},
"maxItems": 25,
"type": "array"
},
"observedAt": {
"format": "date-time",
"pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z))$",
"type": "string"
},
"provenance": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"attribution": {
"type": "string"
},
"documentationUrl": {
"format": "uri",
"type": "string"
},
"license": {
"type": "string"
},
"limitations": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"modifications": {
"type": "string"
},
"termsUrl": {
"format": "uri",
"type": "string"
},
"truncated": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"upstreamCalls": {
"maximum": 2,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"attribution",
"license",
"termsUrl",
"documentationUrl",
"modifications",
"limitations",
"upstreamCalls",
"truncated"
],
"type": "object"
},
"query": {
"additionalProperties": {},
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "object"
},
"rawSourceIdentifiers": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 25,
"type": "array"
},
"source": {
"type": "string"
},
"sourceProcessedAt": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sourceUpdatedAt": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"sourceUrl": {
"format": "uri",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"observedAt",
"source",
"sourceUrl",
"sourceUpdatedAt",
"sourceProcessedAt",
"query",
"normalizedResult",
"rawSourceIdentifiers",
"freshness",
"provenance"
],
"type": "object"
},
"route": {
"const": "nhtsa-vin-decode"
}
},
"required": [
"route",
"observed_at",
"result"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "json"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"example"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input",
"output"
],
"type": "object"
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://foundry-par007-machine-revenue-mainnet.inference-chip-index.workers.dev/v2/official/nhtsa-vin-decode" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://foundry-par007-machine-revenue-mainnet.inference-chip-index.workers.dev/v2/official/nhtsa-vin-decode");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://foundry-par007-machine-revenue-mainnet.inference-chip-index.workers.dev/v2/official/nhtsa-vin-decode")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
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