aid: clearvin
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/clearvin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: ClearVIN
kind: company
description: ClearVIN is a vehicle-history and VIN data provider and an approved NMVTIS
  data provider. Its REST API decodes North American (U.S. and Canada) VINs into 100+
  specification data points and returns full vehicle history reports - title, junk
  / salvage / total-loss records, odometer events, and market valuation - sourced
  directly from government and industry data, covering model years 1981 to present.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- VIN
- Vehicle History
- Automotive
- NMVTIS
- Vehicle Data
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: clearvin:vin-decode-api
  name: VIN Decode API
  tags:
  - VIN
  - Decode
  - Vehicle Specifications
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/vin-decode-api/
  baseURL: https://www.clearvin.com/rest/vendor
  properties:
  - url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/vin-decode-api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/clearvin-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/clearvin.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/clearvin.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Breaks a North American VIN into 100+ data points - year, make, model,
    trim, engine, technical VIN specs, standard features, and recall data - via ClearVIN's
    proprietary decoder over the shared report endpoint.
- aid: clearvin:vehicle-history-report-api
  name: Vehicle History Report API
  tags:
  - Vehicle History
  - NMVTIS
  - Title
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/nmvtis-history-api/
  baseURL: https://www.clearvin.com/rest/vendor
  properties:
  - url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/nmvtis-history-api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/clearvin-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/clearvin.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/clearvin.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Full vehicle history report from the NMVTIS government database and
    industry sources - DMV title records, brand codes, junk / salvage / total-loss
    events, insurance claims, odometer / mileage history, and market valuation - returned
    by VIN from the report endpoint as JSON or HTML.
- aid: clearvin:report-preview-api
  name: Report Preview API
  tags:
  - Preview
  - Sample
  - Report
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/
  baseURL: https://www.clearvin.com/rest/vendor
  properties:
  - url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/clearvin-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/clearvin.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/clearvin.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Retrieves a report by VIN with the format query parameter to obtain
    an HTML rendering or summary view of available data before pulling the full report.
    Exact preview parameters are not separately documented and require reconciliation.
- aid: clearvin:account-authentication-api
  name: Account Authentication API
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Account
  - Token
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/
  baseURL: https://www.clearvin.com/rest/vendor
  properties:
  - url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/clearvin-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/clearvin.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/clearvin.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Exchanges account email and password for a JWT bearer token (valid 120
    minutes) used to authorize report requests. Requests must originate from a registered
    IP address. Account credit balance is managed through the ClearVIN account and
    is not exposed via a separately documented public endpoint.
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearvin
- type: Website
  url: https://www.clearvin.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.clearvin.com/en/api-subscribers/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/clearvin-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/clearvin-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/clearvin-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com