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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.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
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())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /v2.0/vehicles/%7Bid%7D/permissions/ awaits first probe
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

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

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?

Smartcar is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.