Used-car pricing and inventory research
Use Cars.com endpoints to turn used-car pricing and inventory research into repeatable API requests with documented inputs and JSON responses.
Turn public Cars.com pages into structured used-car data — vehicle search with make/model/price filters and full listing detail with pricing, specs, and dealer info, as normalized JSON. Credential-free.
Search Cars.com vehicle listings and get vehicle detail as structured JSON.
Endpoint families
2
Documented params
7
Examples
2
Live catalog snapshot
Active endpoints
2
Methods
GET
Required params
3
Schema refs
2
{
"platform": "Cars.com",
"endpoint": "carsdotcom-search",
"method": "GET",
"path": "/carsdotcom/search",
"auth": "apiKey"
}Use cases
Search Cars.com vehicle listings and get vehicle detail as structured JSON.
Use Cars.com endpoints to turn used-car pricing and inventory research into repeatable API requests with documented inputs and JSON responses.
Use Cars.com endpoints to turn vehicle listing monitoring into repeatable API requests with documented inputs and JSON responses.
Use Cars.com endpoints to turn dealer inventory analysis into repeatable API requests with documented inputs and JSON responses.
Managed execution
Each Crawlora platform API is designed around a specific data surface. Instead of exposing a generic fetch endpoint, Crawlora combines endpoint-specific request logic, managed infrastructure, parsing, normalization, billing, and Playground-tested examples.
Request behavior is tuned for the target platform and endpoint type.
Supported endpoints can use managed proxy routing to improve reliability and reduce infrastructure work.
Dynamic pages can be routed through managed browser instances where JavaScript rendering is required.
Challenge pages and unusable upstream responses are detected and surfaced clearly.
Results are returned as documented JSON instead of raw HTML.
Test the same route from Docs and Playground before production integration.
Coverage map
These cards are generated from the active endpoint catalog, so the landing page reflects the same API surface used by Docs and Playground.
/carsdotcom/search
/carsdotcom/vehicle/{listing_id}
Endpoint catalog
/carsdotcom/searchSearches Cars.com for new and used car listings, returning normalized vehicle summaries (make, model, trim, year, mileage, exterior color, drivetrain, fuel type, pricing, seller, images) plus the total matching count. Credential-free public data sourced directly from Cars.com's own public search API.
/carsdotcom/vehicle/{listing_id}Returns a normalized Cars.com vehicle listing: full vehicle spec (make, model, trim, mileage, colors, engine, transmission, fuel economy, a key-specs table), Cars.com's own deal-fairness rating and predicted fair price, categorized equipment features, an AutoCheck-derived vehicle history report, Cars.com's own price-change history, the seller's notes, dealer detail (name, rating, address, website, phones, hours) or private-seller detail for a for-sale-by-owner listing, and certified-pre-owned/manufacturer-program detail when applicable. Credential-free public data sourced directly from Cars.com's own public GraphQL API.
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How to scrape Cars.com
Crawlora's Cars.com endpoints return vehicle search and listing detail as normalized JSON with one API key — no HTML parsing or account required.
Send make, model, or free-text terms to /carsdotcom/search for normalized vehicle listings.
Pass a listing id from a search result to /carsdotcom/vehicle/{listing_id} for full detail, specs, and dealer info.
Re-run searches on a schedule to track new listings and price changes over time.
FAQ
Send a make, model, or free-text term to Crawlora's /carsdotcom/search endpoint and get normalized vehicle listings as structured JSON.
No Cars.com account or login is required from the caller — only your Crawlora API key.
Yes — /carsdotcom/vehicle/{listing_id} returns the listing's dealer info alongside vehicle specs and pricing.