Car Registration #API available on #Python #PIP
CarRegistration
This is an API Wrapper for Python for the VehicleRegistrationApi.com API which allows you to get car data from it’s number plate in many countries across the globe, from the USA, Europe, Australia, and Africa. Is is available as a package on PIP and easy_install
An account username and password is required from VehicleRegistrationApi.com
When using the Generic “CarRegistration” function, the fourth parameter is an API endpoint, which can be one of;
- Check (UK)
- CheckBelgium
- CheckCroatia
- CheckCzechRepublic
- CheckDenmark
- CheckEstonia
- CheckFinland
- CheckFrance
- CheckHungary
- CheckIndia
- CheckIreland
- CheckItaly
- CheckNetherlands
- CheckNewZealand
- CheckNigeria
- CheckNorway
- CheckPortugal
- CheckRussia
- CheckSlovakia
- CheckSouthAfrica
- CheckSpain
- CheckSriLanka
- CheckSweden
- CheckUAE
For Australia and USA, you must also pass a state parameter, and therefore you must use the CarRegistrationUSA or CarRegistrationAustralia methods.
Installation
pip install CarRegistration
Usage (UK)
from CarRegistration import *
CarRegistration("BL64JTZ","***YOUR USERNAME***","***YOUR PASSWORD***","Check")
Usage (France)
from CarRegistration import *
CarRegistration("Eg258ma","***YOUR USERNAME***","***YOUR PASSWORD***","CheckFrance")
Usage (USA)
from CarRegistration import *
CarRegistrationUSA("H84jae","nj","***YOUR USERNAME***","***YOUR PASSWORD***")
Usage (Australia)
from CarRegistration import *
CarRegistrationAustralia("YHC14Y","NSW","***YOUR USERNAME***","***YOUR PASSWORD***")
Sample output
{u'RegistrationYear': u'2015', u'CarModel': {u'CurrentTextValue': u'208'}, u'NumberOfDoors': {u'CurrentTextValue': u'3'}, u'EngineSize': {u'CurrentTextValue': u'1397And here’s the source code for those interested:
import urllib2, base64, json
def CarRegistration(registrationNumber, username, password):
request = urllib2.Request(“http://www.regcheck.org.uk/api/json.aspx/Check/” + registrationNumber)
base64string = base64.encodestring(‘%s:%s’ % (username, password)).replace(‘\n’, ”)
request.add_header(“Authorization”, “Basic %s” % base64string)
result = urllib2.urlopen(request)
data = json.load(result)
return(data)
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Here’s an example of using the API in australia, without PIP
def CarRegistration(rego, state, username, password):
request = urllib2.Request(“https://www.regcheck.org.uk/api/json.aspx/CheckAustralia/” + rego + “/” + state)
base64string = base64.encodestring(‘%s:%s’ % (username, password)).replace(‘\n’, ”)
request.add_header(“Authorization”, “Basic %s” % base64string)
result = urllib2.urlopen(request)
data = json.load(result)
return(data)
vehicle = CarRegistration(“ZM06WA”,”WA”,**USERNAME**”,”**PASSWORD**”);
print(vehicle);
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Here is similar code, but using python requests, instead of urllib2
import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
vehicle_reg_no = “….” <<<<<<< insert the correct registration number
state = "….." <<<<<< Insert the state in which registered
username = "……" <<<<<< insert your user name
password = "…." <<<<<< insert your password
url = "https://www.regcheck.org.uk/api/json.aspx/CheckAustralia/"
url = url + "%s/%s" % (vehicle_reg_no.replace(" ", ""), state.replace(" ", ""))
r = requests.get(url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth(username, password))
if r.status_code == requests.codes['ok']:
result = r.json()
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Here is an example of using this with South Africa, without PIP.
import base64, json
import urllib.request
def CarRegistration(registrationNumber, username, password):
url = ‘https://www.carregistrationapi.co.za/api/json.aspx/CheckSouthAfrica/’ + registrationNumber
request = urllib.request.Request(url)
base64string = base64.b64encode((‘%s:%s’ % (username, password)).encode()).decode(‘utf-8’)
request.add_header(‘Authorization’, ‘Basic %s’ % base64string)
try:
response = urllib.request.urlopen(request)
if response.getcode() == 500:
return “Error 500: ” + response.read().decode()
data = json.load(response)
return data
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
return f”HTTP Error {e.code}: {e.reason}”
result = CarRegistration(“HJK239MP”, “username”, “password”)
print(result)
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