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This package provides a means easily of interacting with the AutoTrader API.

Installation

Add the client to your project using composer.

composer require olsgreen/autotrader-api

Usage

AutoTrader require that you exchange your key & secret for an access token, this is then used to access the API.

Authentication

// Create an instance of the client to obtain an access token.
$api = new \Olsgreen\AutoTrader\Client();
$accessToken = $api->authentication()->getAccessToken('YOUR_KEY', 'YOUR_SECRET');

// once you have your access token you can create client instances like:
$api = new \Olsgreen\AutoTrader\Client(['access_token' => $accessToken]);

Vehicles

This endpoint is used to look up UK registered vehicles and returns core vehicle data.

Lookup base information

Retrieves the vehicles base information data for a valid UK registration (VRM).

$vehicle = $api->vehicles()->lookup('123456', 'HG17XXX');

/*
 * Will return something similar to the below.
 * 
 * [
 *     "vehicle" => [
 *       "ownershipCondition" => "Used",
 *       "registration" => "HG17XXX",
 *       "vin" => "WMWWG320503CXXXXX",
 *       "make" => "MINI",
 *       "model" => "Convertible",
 *       "generation" => "Convertible (2015 - 2018)",
 *       "derivative" => "1.5 Cooper Convertible 2dr Petrol (s/s) (136 ps)",
 *       "derivativeId" => "5b746c3a24974b8fa1048b0141356a34",
 *       "vehicleType" => "Car",
 *       "trim" => "Cooper",
 *       "bodyType" => "Convertible",
 *       "fuelType" => "Petrol",
 *       "cabType" => null,
 *       "transmissionType" => "Manual",
 *       ...
 *       ],
 *     ],
 *   ]
 *
 * For the full response see:
 * https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/documentation#vehicle-base-information
 */

Extended lookups

You can retrieve extra datasets for a VRM via the lookup method by supplying the one or all of the following flags:

Note: The VehicleLookupFlags::VEHICLE_METRICS & VehicleLookupFlags::VALUATIONS flags also require the current mileage to be passed in as the last parameter as below.

• VehicleLookupFlags::MOT_TESTS

  Provides most recent MOT test information for the specified vehicle.

• VehicleLookupFlags::FEATURES

  Provides an array of standard and possible optional features for the specified vehicle.

• VehicleLookupFlags::BASIC_VEHICLE_CHECK

  Provides a variety of vehicle specific provenance data.

• VehicleLookupFlags::FULL_VEHICLE_CHECK

  Provides a variety of vehicle specific provenance data.

• VehicleLookupFlags::VALUATIONS

  Provides a variety of Auto Trader valuations for the specified vehicle.

• VehicleLookupFlags::VEHICLE_METRICS

  Provides a variety of Auto Trader valuations and vehicle metrics for the specified vehicle.

• VehicleLookupFlags::COMPETITORS

  Provides a pre-constructed URL, allowing users to explore market competition.

// For example, to retrieve the MOT & basic vehicle check datasets
// we can do the following:

use Olsgreen\AutoTrader\Api\Builders\LookupRequestBuilder;

$request = LookupRequestBuilder::create()
    ->setRegistration('EO66XXX')
    ->setFlags([
        VehicleLookupFlags::BASIC_VEHICLE_CHECK, 
        VehicleLookupFlags::VEHICLE_METRICS
    ]);

$vehicle = $api->vehicles()->lookup($request);

/*
 * Will return something similar to the below.
 * 
 * [
 *     "vehicle" => [
 *       "ownershipCondition" => "Used",
 *       "registration" => "EO66XXX",
 *       "vin" => "WMWWG320503CXXXXX",
 *       "make" => "MINI",
 *       "model" => "Convertible",
 *       "generation" => "Convertible (2015 - 2018)",
 *       "derivative" => "1.5 Cooper Convertible 2dr Petrol (s/s) (136 ps)",
 *       "derivativeId" => "5b746c3a24974b8fa1048b0141356a34",
 *       "vehicleType" => "Car",
 *       "trim" => "Cooper",
 *       "bodyType" => "Convertible",
 *       "fuelType" => "Petrol",
 *       "cabType" => null,
 *       "transmissionType" => "Manual",
 *       ...
 * 
 *       "check" => [
 *           "insuranceWriteoffCategory" => null,
 *           "scrapped" => false,
 *           "stolen" => false,
 *           "imported" => false,
 *           "exported" => false,
 *           "previousOwners" => 1,
 *           "keeperChanges" => [
 *               [
 *                 "dateOfLastKeeper" => "2020-07-14",
 *               ],
 *           ],
 *           "v5cs" => [
 *               [
 *                 "issuedDate" => "2017-06-30",
 *               ],
 *           ],
 *       ],
 * 
 *      "motTests" => [
 *           [
 *               "completedDate" => "2020-06-26T10:05:59Z",
 *               "expiryDate" => "2021-06-25",
 *               "testResult" => "Passed",
 *               "odometerValue" => 16330,
 *               "odometerUnit" => "Miles",
 *               "motTestNumber" => "444811158817",
 *               "rfrAndComments" => [],
 *           ],
 *           ...
 *       ],
 *     ],
 *   ]
 *
 * For the full responses see:
 * https://developers.autotrader.co.uk/documentation#vehicle-base-information
 */