Open documentation ↗Overview
The Car Configurator API offers access to the Mercedes-Benz car configuration functions. It provides required reference data such as the masterdata of all Mercedes-Benz vehicles as well as functions to retrieve initial and changed configurations. In addition to that is is possible to save a newly created configuration so that it can be easily restored or shared with others.
Car Configurator is a transportation API from mercedes-benz.com. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 24 endpoints.
At a glance
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Transportation
- Base URL
https://api.mercedes-benz.com/configurator_tryout/v1- Version
- 1.0
- Endpoints
- 24
- OpenAPI
- Specification ↗
- Spec updated
- 2019-03-12
Make a first request
Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.
curl -X GET "https://api.mercedes-benz.com/configurator_tryout/v1/markets" \
-H "Accept: application/json"const response = await fetch("https://api.mercedes-benz.com/configurator_tryout/v1/markets", {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json",
},
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);import requests
response = requests.request(
"GET",
"https://api.mercedes-benz.com/configurator_tryout/v1/markets",
headers={
"Accept": "application/json",
},
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())Endpoints
| Method | Path | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /markets | Get all available markets. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId} | Get the market with the given marketId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/bodies | Get all available bodies for the given marketId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/bodies/{bodyId} | Get the body for the given marketId and bodyId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/classes | Get all available classes for the given marketId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/classes/{classId} | Get the class for the given marketId and classId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models | Get all available models for the given marketId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId} | Get the model for the given marketId and modelId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/initial | Get the initial configuration for the given marketId and modelId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId} | Get the configuration for the given marketId, modelId and configurationId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/alternatives/{componentList} | Get the alternatives for the given marketId, modelId, configurationId and componentList. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/components | Returns URLs pointing to images in JPG format in the highest available resolution (depending on the component) of the vehicle's: |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/components/engine | Returns a URL pointing to an image of the vehicles engine. These images are available in the resolution 1024x576 px. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/components/equipments | Returns URLs pointing to images of this vehicle's equipments. The images are available in the highest possible resolution (usually 740x416 px). |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/components/equipments/{componentCode} | Returns URLs pointing to images of this vehicle's equipments. The images are available in the highest possible resolution (usually 740x416 px). |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/components/paint | Returns URLs pointing to images of this vehicles paint. These images are available in resolution 800x600 px. Note there might be two paints (e.g. Smart, 'pain |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/components/rim | Returns a URL pointing to an image of the vehicles rim. These images are available in the resolution 710x710 px. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/components/trim | Returns a URL pointing to an image of this vehicles trim. These images are available in resolution 800x600 px. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/components/upholstery | Returns URLs pointing to images of the vehicle's upholsteries. Tge images are available in the highest possible resolution (usually 800x600 px). |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/images/vehicle | Returns URLs pointing to PNG images of a vehicle with a white background. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/models/{modelId}/configurations/{configurationId}/selectables | Get the selectable components for the given marketId, modelId and configurationId. |
| POST | /markets/{marketId}/onlinecode | Stores the configuration of the given configurationId and modelId |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/onlinecode/{onlineCode} | Get the configuration of the given onlineCode and marketId. |
| GET | /markets/{marketId}/productgroups | Get all configured active product groups for the given marketId. |
Questions
Does the Car Configurator API need an API key?
No. The Car Configurator API can be called without an API key or sign-up, which makes it handy for prototypes and front-end demos.
Does the Car Configurator API support HTTPS?
Yes, the Car Configurator API is served over HTTPS.
How many endpoints does the Car Configurator API have?
Its OpenAPI description lists 24 endpoints in version 1.0. All of them are shown on this page.
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