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The Car Listing API returns the complete record for any listing: spec, pricing, dealer, features, performance data and photos, current or historical.

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The capability

The full record behind a listing

Search gives you the shortlist; this API gives you the car. Pass a listing ID and receive the complete record: vehicle basics, advertised price and its changes, mileage, colours, options and features, seller comments, dealer contact details and FCA status, plus performance figures from horsepower to CO2 and Euro standard.

If the listing has expired, the API can redirect you to the active or most recent version of the same car automatically.

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Car listing detail preview

Included

Photos that never break

Full vehicle record

Year, make, model, variant, body type, transmission, drivetrain, fuel type, doors, registration date and standardised description.

Price and market context

Current price, reference price, price change percentage and days-on-market metrics for the listing.

Cached images

Dealer sites move and delete photos. The Cached Image API serves copies from MarketCheck servers, so your vehicle pages never show broken images.

How it works

From search result to detail page

1

Search

Find cars with the Inventory Search API; every result carries a listing ID.

2

Fetch

Request the listing by ID for the complete record, with redirect options for relisted cars.

3

Display

Build your vehicle detail page with full spec, dealer details and cached photos.

FAQ

Common questions

What identifies a listing?

Every car in a search result carries a listing ID; pass it to this API for the full record. IDs are case-sensitive and remain valid after the listing expires, so you can enrich historical data too.

What happens when a listing expires?

Ask the API to redirect you: redirect_to_active returns the car’s currently live advert if one exists, and redirect_to_latest returns the most recent version, so relisted cars never leave you with a dead record.

How do cached images work?

Dealer websites move and delete photos constantly. The Cached Image API serves copies from MarketCheck’s servers by listing and image ID, with four-hour private caching, so a vehicle page you built last month still shows its photos today.

How deep does the detail go?

Beyond the basics: options and features lists, seller comments, standardised descriptions, dealer FCA status and group affiliation, and performance data including horsepower, torque, acceleration, MPG, CO2 emissions and Euro standard.

Who it works for

What our clients say

MarketCheck have been a great help for the growth of our business. Their market-leading portal and live feed of tens of thousands of vehicles drives engagement and lets us manage the sales journey start to finish.

Benedict Steven-Fountain
Finance Director, CreditPlus

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