Open documentation ↗Overview
The vehicle images API offers access to original Mercedes-Benz vehicle images. It provides access to exterior and interior images with parameters e.g. to modify the perspective and to display vehicles at day/nighttime. In addition you can request component images of a vehicle's engine, paint, rim, trim, upholstery and equipments.
Vehicle Image is a transportation API from mercedes-benz.com. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 8 endpoints.
At a glance
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Transportation
- Base URL
https://api.mercedes-benz.com/image_tryout/v1/vehicles- Version
- 1.0
- Endpoints
- 8
- 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/image_tryout/v1/vehicles/FINORVIN/components" \
-H "Accept: application/json"const response = await fetch("https://api.mercedes-benz.com/image_tryout/v1/vehicles/FINORVIN/components", {
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/image_tryout/v1/vehicles/FINORVIN/components",
headers={
"Accept": "application/json",
},
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())Endpoints
| Method | Path | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /{finorvin}/components | Returns URLs pointing to images in JPG format in the highest available resolution (depending on the component) of the vehicle's: |
| GET | /{finorvin}/components/engine | Returns a URL pointing to an image of the vehicles engine. These images are available in the resolution 1024x576 px. |
| GET | /{finorvin}/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 | /{finorvin}/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 | /{finorvin}/components/rim | Returns a URL pointing to an image of the vehicles rim. These images are available in the resolution 710x710 px. |
| GET | /{finorvin}/components/trim | Returns a URL pointing to an image of this vehicles trim. These images are available in resolution 800x600 px. |
| GET | /{finorvin}/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 | /{finorvin}/vehicle | Returns URLs pointing to PNG images of a vehicle with a transparent background. |
Questions
Does the Vehicle Image API need an API key?
No. The Vehicle Image API can be called without an API key or sign-up, which makes it handy for prototypes and front-end demos.
Does the Vehicle Image API support HTTPS?
Yes, the Vehicle Image API is served over HTTPS.
How many endpoints does the Vehicle Image API have?
Its OpenAPI description lists 8 endpoints in version 1.0. All of them are shown on this page.
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