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VIN API – ignore checksum validation

charlie — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:55:35 +0000

It's been mentioned a few times that there should be a way to skip the checksum validation. This means if the check digit calculation generally fails, VIN API will continue to process the VIN to see if there is a "like" VIN match. So here it is:

VIN API – PHP and XML Parsing

charlie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:58:46 +0000

Thanks go to Michael for sharing his hard work with the rest of you VIN API and PHP developers
I hope this helps -

Vin API – Phase II

charlie — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:42:14 +0000

We've just finished adding A LOT more details to VIN API's result set. This time we've added things like MPG, MSRP, cargo room/volumn, etc. See the full list below, it is very comprehensive.

If you use ruby (look for a future post with .NET and PHP examples), and want the complete dataset, you would setup your ActiveResource like this:

And then call our API like this:

The only change (for those of you who have already implemented phase I) is to send in a "complete" parameter with value of "true" ... upon doing so, VIN API will send you the complete dataset versus the basic (and default) dataset.

The results would look like this (in XML) and be prepared because it is lengthy:

That's it, just thought I'd share VIN API's Phase II.