India Car registration API 

Today, we just launched in.carregistrationapi.com ; an API that allows developers determine the make, model, age, VIN number, and location of Indian registered cars from their number plate.

Unlike many European countries, not all cars in India are digitally registered, and in order for a car to be returned by this API it must be registered with VAHAN (http://vahan.nic.in), of which there are almost 200 million vehicles registered. Furthermore, some imported cars from non-Indian manufacturers may have very limited technical information about the car.

In order to call the API you should call the /CheckIndia endpoint, and you can expect the following information back in the JSON

• Make
• Model
• Engine Size
• Year of first registration
• VIN (Chassis Number)
• Location

Sample JSON:
{“Description”:”HONDA CIVIC 1.8V MT”,”RegistrationYear”:”2007″,”CarMake”:{“CurrentTextValue”:”HONDA”},”CarModel”:{“CurrentTextValue”:”CIVIC”},”EngineSize”:{“CurrentTextValue”:”1.8V MT”},”MakeDescription”:{“CurrentTextValue”:”HONDA”},”ModelDescription”:{“CurrentTextValue”:”CIVIC”},”VechileIdentificationNumber”:”MAKFD153K7N 103531″,”Location”:”RTO, BANGALORE EAST , KARNATAKA”}