generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developer.edmunds.com/faq.html, https://developer.edmunds.com/,
  https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/overview/,
  https://developer.edmunds.com/dealership_api_program.html
provider: Edmunds
providerId: edmunds
summary: >-
  Edmunds retired its open API program. The provider's own FAQ states the program was
  retired and that developer keys outside the partner tier were disabled effective
  2018-02-15; it further states Edmunds is not accepting new applicants and does not
  expect to in future. The API host is still up and the documentation is still published
  and readable, but every unauthenticated call to api.edmunds.com now returns HTTP 401
  with {"errorType":"AUTHENTICATION_ERROR","message":"Developer Inactive"}. Access today
  is limited to select strategic partners, service providers, dealers and automotive
  advertisers, brokered by an Edmunds Account Executive.
status: retired-to-partners-only
versioning:
  style: path
  note: >-
    Each resource carries its own independent version segment in the path
    (api/vehicle/v3/makes, api/vehicle/v2/{make}/models, api/editorial/v3/...,
    api/media/v2/photos, api/dealer/v5/... alongside a still-documented v2). There is
    no single global API version and no version header. The separately-served AI plugin
    surface uses api/curated-inventory/v1 and info.version "v1".
  observed_versions:
    - v1
    - v2
    - v3
    - v5
  docs: https://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/overview/
deprecation:
  policy_published: true
  policy_kind: program-retirement-notice
  docs: https://developer.edmunds.com/faq.html
  announced: '2018'
  effective: '2018-02-15'
  headers:
    sunset: false
    deprecation: false
    note: >-
      No RFC 8594 Sunset or Deprecation response headers are documented anywhere in the
      developer portal, and none were observed on live 401 responses from api.edmunds.com.
      The retirement was communicated as prose in the FAQ and by direct notice to key
      holders, not as a machine-readable runtime signal.
  statements:
    - quote: >-
        To refocus our engineering efforts and to better align ourselves with the evolving
        needs of our car shoppers, dealers and automotive advertisers, we are retiring our
        open API Program.
      source: https://developer.edmunds.com/faq.html
    - quote: >-
        Unfortunately, if you are not already a strategic partner or service provider, your
        API access will be disabled effective February 15, 2018.
      source: https://developer.edmunds.com/faq.html
    - quote: We're not currently accepting new applicants at this time.
      source: https://developer.edmunds.com/faq.html
    - quote: No, we do not expect to be able to accommodate new applicants in the future.
      source: https://developer.edmunds.com/faq.html
deprecated_operations: []
deprecated_operations_note: >-
  No operation in either captured OpenAPI carries deprecated: true. The retirement applies
  to the program and to key issuance, not to individually flagged operations.
sla:
  published: false
  note: No service-level agreement is published on the developer portal.
status_page:
  published: false
  probed:
    - url: https://status.edmunds.com/
      status: null
      finding: >-
        TLS handshake fails — the certificate presented has no subject alternative name
        matching status.edmunds.com, i.e. no status host is provisioned.
  note: >-
    No status page is linked from the developer portal, the FAQ or the contact page, and
    no conventional status hostname resolves to a status service.
support:
  contact: https://developer.edmunds.com/contact_us.html
  partner_route: >-
    Existing dealers and partners request access through their Edmunds Account Executive;
    agencies building for a dealership must have the dealership request the key on their
    behalf.
  docs: https://developer.edmunds.com/faq.html
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com