Ministry of Road Transport and Highways API

by apisetu.gov.in

Overview

Driving License (DL) & Vehicle Registration Certificate (RC) as available in Ministry of Transport's SARATHI & VAHAN portals (http://morth.nic.in/) can be pulled by citizens into their DigiLocker accounts.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is an open data API from apisetu.gov.in. Requests are authenticated with an API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 5 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication: API key
HTTPS: Yes
CORS: Unknown
Category: Open Data
Base URL: https://apisetu.gov.in/transport/v3
Version: 3.0.0
Endpoints: 5
OpenAPI: Specification ↗
Spec updated: 2021-02-07

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL

curl -X POST "https://apisetu.gov.in/transport/v3/drvlc/certificate" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://apisetu.gov.in/transport/v3/drvlc/certificate", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://apisetu.gov.in/transport/v3/drvlc/certificate",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Method	Path	What it does
POST	`/drvlc/certificate`	Driving License
POST	`/fitcer/certificate`	Fitness Certificate
POST	`/rvcer/certificate`	Registration of Vehicles
POST	`/vhinsc/certificate`	Vehicle Insurance Certificate
POST	`/vhtax/certificate`	Vehicle Tax Receipt