Vin Decoder
by x402.forgemesh.io in AI models & inference
Vehicle identification number decoder: full 17-character or partial VIN in, structured vehicle record out — make, model, model year, trim, series, engine, transmission, drive type, doors, and gross vehicle weight rating. Built for car marketplaces, fleet tools, and diagnostics agents that need authoritative specs.
POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/vin-decoder
Last 30 days
Status and outage history · Atom feed
- Uptime
- 100%
- Response time
- 421 ms typical, 534 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- 48 min ago
- Next check
- any minute now
How to call it
POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/vin-decoder
Each call costs $0.005 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
POST https://x402.forgemesh.io/vin-decoder
content-type: application/json
{
"vin": "1HGCM82633A004352"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
model_year | string | No | optional 4-digit model year hint, improves partial-VIN decodes |
vin | string | Yes | the VIN — full 17 chars or partial with * wildcards (min 6 chars) |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 38 lines
{
"attribution": "US DOT vehicle identification database (public domain)",
"body_class": "Coupe",
"decode_status": "0 - VIN decoded clean. Check Digit (9th position) is correct",
"engine": {
"cylinders": "6",
"displacement_l": "2.998832712",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline"
},
"make": "HONDA",
"model": "Accord",
"model_year": "2003",
"offers": {
"disclosure": "Affiliate links: they fund the free data; the price is the same for you.",
"history_reports": [
{
"adds": "title brands, accidents, odometer readings, prior sales",
"label": "EpicVIN vehicle history report",
"partner": "epicvin",
"pricing": "per report",
"url": "https://forgemesh.io/go/epicvin?vin=1HGCM82633A004352"
},
{
"adds": "title brands, accident and damage records, odometer readings, prior sales",
"label": "Detailed Vehicle History report (10% off)",
"partner": "dvh",
"pricing": "per report, coupon applied",
"url": "https://forgemesh.io/go/dvh?vin=1HGCM82633A004352"
}
],
"note": "Our data above is free public NHTSA/EPA data for the model year. Whether THIS VIN was wrecked, flooded, rolled back or branded salvage lives in licensed title databases; these partners sell that per VIN."
},
"plant": {
"country": "UNITED STATES (USA)"
},
"trim": "EX-V6",
"vin": "1HGCM82633A004352"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.005.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://x402.forgemesh.io/vin-decoder' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"vin":"1HGCM82633A004352"}'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://x402.forgemesh.io/vin-decoder' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"vin":"1HGCM82633A004352"}' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.005 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.005" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.005 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx402.forgemesh.io%2Fvin-decoder&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://x402.forgemesh.io/vin-decoder", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"vin": "1HGCM82633A004352"
}),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.005 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.005"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.post(
"https://x402.forgemesh.io/vin-decoder",
json={
"vin": "1HGCM82633A004352",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
- No findings. We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.
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