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Smartcar — free tier with API key

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Smartcar exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

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Uptime history
0.0%90 days
0.0%30 days
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operationalpartialdownno data
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.smartcar.com/v2.0/vehicles/%7Bid%7D/permissions/

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "type": "AUTHENTICATION",
  "code": null,
  "description": "The authorization header is missing or malformed, or it contains invalid or expired authentication credentials. Please check for missing parameters, spelling and casing mistakes, and other syntax issues.",
  "docURL": "https://smartcar.com/docs/errors/api-errors/authentication-errors#null",
  "resolution": {
    "type": null
  },
  "suggestedUserMessage": "Your vehicle got disconnected from <app name>. Please use this link to re-connect your vehicles: <link to Smartcar Connect>.",
  "requestId": "5b3153c7-cb21-4466-844a-8eac01fe7cd7"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.smartcar.com/v2.0/vehicles/%7Bid%7D/permissions/"
const res = await fetch("https://api.smartcar.com/v2.0/vehicles/%7Bid%7D/permissions/");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.smartcar.com/v2.0/vehicles/%7Bid%7D/permissions/")
print(res.json())

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Endpoints · 6DeadFULL DOCS ↗
Offline — GET /v2.0/vehicles/%7Bid%7D/permissions/ no longer responds reliably
GET/v2.0/vehicles/%7Bid%7D/permissions/PROBED

Smartcar — free tier with API key

GET/v2.0

V2 0 — documented GET route.

GET/v2.0/1

V2.0 details by ID (example: 1).

GET/v2.0?limit=10

V2 0 — documented GET route.

GET/v2.0/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/v2/

V2 — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Smartcar: common questions

Is Smartcar free to use?

Yes — Smartcar is a free transport API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Smartcar need an API key?

Yes — Smartcar needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Smartcar from the browser?

Not directly — Smartcar doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Smartcar up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Smartcar is dead. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.