We now officially offer API integration
Hi and welcome to the Car Simulcast API service.
You will need to login to your https://connect.carsimulcast.com account to view your API key to be able to make requests. If you haven't already, please create an account.
To generate records and reports with the API call you will need to have credits available in your https://connect.carsimulcast.com account.
For testing use the VIN 4T1BF1FK5GU243212 you don't need credits to test the API, using this VIN will not deduct any credits from your account
In case of no report retrieval activity for a few days on your API account , the records check and license plate to vin converter feature will be temporary disabled. We implement this to prevent abuse of the system and to ensure that the system is being used responsibly and fairly by all users.
Check Records
Get the number of carfax, autocheck, copart, iaai records available for a VIN. This call will not deduct any credits from your balance.
<?php
$api_url = "https://connect.carsimulcast.comapi/check_report/{VIN}";
$header = array(
"API-KEY: {Your API_KEY}",
"API-SECRET: {Your API_SECRET}",
);
$curl = curl_init($api_url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
?>Get Report
This will generate and return back the HTML report as a base64 string. You will need to decode the base64 string to get the original HTML that can then be stored and viewed.
You need credits in your https://connect.carsimulcast.com account to execute this API call. You can use the test VIN to execute this call, it will not deduct any credits from your balance. To purchase credits login to https://connect.carsimulcast.com
<?php
$api_url = "https://connect.carsimulcast.comapi/generate_report/{report_type}/{VIN}";
$header = array(
"API-KEY: {Your API_KEY}",
"API-SECRET: {Your API_SECRET}",
);
$curl = curl_init($api_url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
?>Get Balance
Get the credit balance available in your account
<?php
$api_url = "https://connect.carsimulcast.comapi/check_balance";
$header = array(
"API-KEY: {Your API_KEY}",
"API-SECRET: {Your API_SECRET}",
);
$curl = curl_init($api_url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
?>Get VIN using License Plate
Convert a plate number into a VIN number. The states have to be abbreviated. This is a courtesy service which we offer our valued clients at no extra cost.
<?php
$api_url = "https://connect.carsimulcast.comapi/convert_plate_to_vin/{state}/{plate_no}";
$header = array(
"API-KEY: {Your API_KEY}",
"API-SECRET: {Your API_SECRET}",
);
$curl = curl_init($api_url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
?>