The Modern VIN Decoding API You'll Actually Enjoy Using

// Plain REST API: use the built-in fetch

const API_KEY = 'your_api_key';
const BASE_URL = 'https://api.yugovin.com/api/v1';
const headers = { 'X-API-Key': API_KEY };

// Single VIN decode
const res = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/decode/1HGBH41JXMN109186`, { headers });
const { data: result } = await res.json();
console.log(`Vehicle: ${result.year} ${result.make} ${result.model}`);

// Batch decode
const vins = ['1HGBH41JXMN109186', '5UXWX7C5XBA123456'];
const batch = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/batch-decode`, {
    method: 'POST', headers: { ...headers, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({ vins })
});
(await batch.json()).results.forEach(v => console.log(`${v.vin}: ${v.make} ${v.model}`));

// Plain REST API: no extra packages needed

$apiKey = 'your_api_key';
$baseUrl = 'https://api.yugovin.com/api/v1';

// Single VIN decode
$opts = ['http' => ['header' => "X-API-Key: $apiKey"]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$json = file_get_contents("$baseUrl/decode/1HGBH41JXMN109186", false, $ctx);
$result = json_decode($json)->data;
echo "Vehicle: {$result->year} {$result->make} {$result->model}";

# Plain REST API: use the standard net/http library

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

api_key = 'your_api_key'
base_url = 'https://api.yugovin.com/api/v1'

# Single VIN decode
uri = URI("#{base_url}/decode/1HGBH41JXMN109186")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, 'X-API-Key' => api_key)
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
result = JSON.parse(res.body)['data']
puts "Vehicle: #{result['year']} #{result['make']} #{result['model']}"