Vehicle
- VIN, when the site shows it
- Make, model and generation from one shared catalog
- Year, fuel, transmission, engine, power
- Mileage in km
K Car Auction API
K Car Auction cars from South Korea as JSON: vehicle details, photos and auction date.
On kcarauction.com
In your code
{"vin": string"brand": { name }"model": { name }"year": number"listings": [{"external": {…}"auction_at": string"current_bid": number"odometer": {…}"is_auction": boolean"images": […]}]"inspections": […]"vehicle_history_reports": […]}Field names from the real record; values are types, not data.
What is K Car Auction?
01/ 06About
About K Car Auction
K Car Auction is the dealer auction run by K Car, the Korean used-car retailer. Cars sold there go to licensed dealers. MotorAPIs reads its list as data, in the same car record as the retail K Car stock.
- Country
- South Korea
- Type
- Auction
- API
- api.motorapis.com
- Website
- kcarauction.com
What data do I get?
02/ 06Fields
What you get from K Car Auction
Every car on the auction list, in the shared car record. Fields are filled when K Car Auction shows them.
Lot
- Site and lot ID, link to the page
- Auction date
- Current bid, when shown
- Damage and condition, when shown
- Location and photo gallery
Reports
- Inspections, when published
- History reports, when published
One car, many sites
- The same car on several sites is one car
- Sold cars stay readable for about a month
How do I ask for it?
03/ 06Requests
Three requests to start
Site IDs differ per key: read them from /domains once, then filter by them.
01Find the site ID of K Car Auction
GET https://api.motorapis.com/domains x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY02Search its cars
GET https://api.motorapis.com/search?domains[]={domain_id}&perPage=20 x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY03Export everything and keep it in sync
GET https://api.motorapis.com/cars?domains[]={domain_id}&limit=500 x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Anything else to know?
04/ 06FAQ
Questions about the K Car Auction API
- What K Car Auction data does the API return?
- Each car on the K Car Auction list as a standard car record: vehicle details, photos, location, the auction date and the current bid when K Car Auction shows them, plus inspections and history reports when published.
- Can I bid on K Car Auction through MotorAPIs?
- No. MotorAPIs only returns data. Bidding happens on K Car Auction itself, under its own rules for buyers.
- How do I select K Car Auction in the API?
- Call /domains once to read the site ID of K Car Auction for your key, then pass it as domains[] to /search or /cars.
- How do I keep a copy in sync?
- Use the /cars export: start without a cursor and follow next_url until it ends. Run it again to refresh your copy.
- How can I try it?
- Ask for a free demo key and tell us which sites you need. It returns real data in the same JSON as the paid plans.
What else is connected?
Ready to try it?
06/ 06Start
Get K Car Auction data in your product
Tell us which sources you need. We reply in writing with a free demo key.
MotorAPIs is an independent data provider and is not affiliated with K Car Auction. Names and trademarks belong to their owners.