Platform

One API for every vehicle fact

A REST API, SDKs for TypeScript and Python, and an MCP server for agents. A single API key calls all of them.

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server.ts

1const car = await cardog.vin

2 .getByVin(vin);

3

4car.year // 2024

5car.make // "Tesla"

6car.model // "Model 3"

npm i @cardog/api

Organization keys

active

Production

Metered

Requests · 30d

84,210

Credits remaining

1,204,552

Requests over the last 30 days.

GET/v2/vin/LRW3E7FA8RC099361200

{
  "vin": "LRW3E7FA8RC099361",
  "valid": true,
  "year": 2024, "make": "Tesla",
  "model": "Model 3",
  "refs": {
    "make": "make:tesla",
    "model": "model:tesla/model-3",
    "modelYear": "model-year:tesla/model-3/2024",
    "fuelType": "fuel-type:electric"
  },
  "nano": "nano:LRW3E7FARC",
  "squish": "squish:LRW3E7FAR"
}

Keys

One credential for every product

The same API key calls Identity, Specifications, Recalls, Market and Feeds.

Scoped to your organization

Issue, rotate and revoke keys in the portal.

One rate card

Every product draws from the same credit balance.

See pricing

decode.tsTypeScript

1import { CardogClient } from "@cardog/api";2 3const cardog = new CardogClient({ apiKey });4const car = await cardog.v2.vin5  .getByVin("LRW3E7FA8RC099361");6 7car.year            // 20248car.model           // "Model 3"9car.refs.modelYear  // "model-year:tesla/model-3/2024"

$ npm install @cardog/api

$ pip install cardog

SDKs

SDKs for TypeScript and Python

Install the SDK and read back a vehicle your compiler already knows the shape of.

Nothing is guessed

A field with no source comes back empty, and the type says so.

Read the SDK reference

MCP

An MCP server for agents

Point an agent at the MCP server and it gets the same actions as the API.

An action keeps its name

identify_vehicle, check_recalls and market_quote carry the API's names.

See agents

Cardog agent

3 sources

Is 2HGFC2F54KH012345 safe to drive?

Checked the record

Decode VIN
2019 Honda Civic LX · valid
Check recalls
Transport Canada and NHTSA
Compose answer

Ten campaigns cover this model year. One replaces a front seat sensor at no charge.

How it works

Three calls, one vehicle

Decode the VIN, then read the build sheet and the price for the same vehicle.

01 · decode200

GET /v2/vin/LRW3E7FA8RC099361

{
  "year": 2024, "make": "Tesla",
  "model": "Model 3",
  "refs": { "modelYear":
    "model-year:tesla/model-3/2024" }
}

02 · specs200

GET /v2/specs/model-year%3Atesla%2Fmodel-3%2F2024

{
  "grain": "model-year",
  "spec": { "driveType":
    "rwd-rear-wheel-drive",
    "towingCapacity": null }
}

03 · price200

GET /v2/quotes/model-year%3Atesla%2Fmodel-3%2F2024

{
  "liveCount": 148,
  "priceMedian": 39300,
  "priceP25": 37600
}

one vehicle through all three callsmodel-year:tesla/model-3/2024

Read the API reference See pricing

Products on the same key

Identity

Any VIN, decoded with a source on every field. This is the call the rest of the platform is built on.

Market

Feeds

Make your first call

Create an organization, issue a key and decode a VIN.

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