AutoAPI

I'm not sure why you are arguing with me.

We "match" the plate to a VIN, and then we DECODE the VIN to get all of the data we show on the page. Yes, we decode the VIN, not just "match" it

You can decode VIN data pretty easily, but the APIs that match a Plate to a VIN charge a fee for each lookup

Sorry, I missed this comment before replying to your email, that's interesting about the difference in check digit! I will definitely look into supporting more VINs

Works with international 17 digit VINs as well

Thanks for noticing -- I'll make a small update now

The plate is matched with a VIN using DMV records, and then we decode the VIN to show Make, Model, Year, etc

The plate is matched with a VIN using DMV records, which we then decode, to get the Make, Model, etc as you described.

There are a few different APIs that provide basic Plate to VIN matching. No other data is provided, the rest comes from the VIN decoding itself

This error means it failed a basic Vin check. VINs have a check digit and a few other requirements, and if it fails we return that error.

Do you have a VIN that you think is vaild? Let me know and I can check the exact issue - mail@checkanyvin.com

It's crazy that some places charge up to $40 for basically the same data. My goal is to make enough to cover the paid API costs while continuing to bring down the cost of the reports.

If you use the VIN search it will work on any 17 digit VIN from around the world.

Thanks for reporting -- fixing now

Ooops, fixing now - thanks

Thanks, fixed the typo.

No personal information is available (even to me), but DMVs do share VIN to plate mappings

Custom platform using Laravel, but definitely interested in Mashape. Have an email to discuss?

Craigslist does not allow websites to scrape their content

Do you have Javascript enabled? When you choose a make the models are fetched on the fly using AJAX

This will be added very soon. In the meantime, if you change "distance=100" in the url to "distance=all" you can search all results -- although in some cases we dont allow this (like if you havent select a make) as it is pretty intensive on the server when we have a lot of results to return.

Under high loads the site restricts access to non USA/Canada IP ranges