Portuguese Car Check
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The Portuguese Car Check service provides access to information such as registration date, model, technical characteristics of any Portuguese car synchronously and via API.
The Portuguese Car Check (CAR) service allows access via API to information regarding any Portuguese car using just the license plate parameter.
Just one request is enough to obtain over 20 always up-to-date details about the vehicle, such as:
- ABI Code ("ABICode")
- Car model ("CarModel")
- Registration date ("RegistrationDate")
- Brand ("CarMake")
- Version ("Version")
- Fuel type ("FuelType")
- Engine size ("EngineSize")
- Horsepower ("PowerCV")
- Colour ("Colour")
- Vehicle Identification Number ("VehicleIdentificationNumber")
- Indicative value ("IndicativeValue")
The "Portuguese Car Check" service is identified by the endpoint GET PT-car/{LicensePlate}.
Other services are also available on Openapi for countries such as Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Spain.
REQUEST EXAMPLE
GET PT-car/{LicensePlate}
The request can be made using the LICENSE PLATE parameter ("LicensePlate"): valid formats are 90-27-QL, 9027QL, AA-00-AA, and AA00AA. The endpoint will feature the PT language code.
https://automotive.openapi.com/PT-car/{LicensePlate}RESPONSE EXAMPLE
GET PT-car/{LicensePlate}
The response is provided within seconds and the database is constantly updated. All data comes from official sources.
Here is an example response, showing all vehicle specifications:
{
"data": {
"LicensePlate": "AA-00-AA",
"ABICode": "939747",
"Description": "VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 ID.4 77 kWh Pro Urban",
"RegistrationYear": "2025",
"CarMake": "VOLKSWAGEN",
"CarModel": "ID.4",
"EngineSize": "0",
"FuelType": "E",
"MakeDescription": "VOLKSWAGEN",
"ModelDescription": "ID.4",
"Immobiliser": "",
"NumberOfSeats": "5",
"IndicativeValue": "",
"DriverSide": "",
"Version": "ID.4 77 kWh Pro Urban",
"Colour": "",
"VechileIdentificationNumber": "",
"GrossWeight": "1979",
"NetWeight": "1979",
"Imported": 0,
"RegistrationDate": "01/4/2025",
"TimeStamp": 1743605674
},
"success": true,
"message": "",
"error": null
}
PLEASE NOTE: This response is for illustration purposes only and not all data may be available for every vehicle.
For Portugal, another service is also available to retrieve information on vehicle insurance (GET /PT-insurance/{LicensePlate}).
This API service is designed especially for insurance companies for automatic vehicle data verification when issuing policies, or for tech companies managing online car sales platforms, to ensure that the listing data is accurate and verified.
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The Portuguese Car License Plate Check service allows you to integrate, via API and in just a few seconds, a tool to obtain detailed information about any Portuguese vehicle simply by providing the license plate number.
The service gives access to over 30 up-to-date data points about the car, including:
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ABI Code
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Car model
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Registration date
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Brand
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Version
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Fuel type
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Engine capacity
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Horsepower
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Color
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Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
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Estimated value
Valid license plate formats for this service include: 90-27-QL, 9027QL, AA-00-AA, and AA00AA.
Yes, for Portugal there is also a service that provides insurance information such as the insurance company name, policy start and expiry dates, and policy number via the endpoint GET/PT-insurance/{LicensePlate}.
The service is also available for other European countries, including Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.
The service is ideal for insurance companies, car dealers and resellers, leasing and finance agencies, automotive professionals, control bodies that need to quickly and securely integrate the service to request information on any car. It is particularly useful for verifying vehicle information when signing insurance policies, obtaining details on vehicles to be sold or purchased, performing checks on leased or financed vehicles, verifying vehicle information during consulting or evaluation, as well as conducting compliance and data validity checks on vehicles.
The data is constantly updated to ensure the information provided is accurate and recent.
The service is delivered within seconds.
The service costs €0.40 per request.
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