Search car listings on heycar, now Drive (drive.co.uk), the UK car marketplace. Filter by make, model, price in GBP, mileage in miles, fuel type, body type and gearbox, and sort by price, year, mileage or distance. Each listing has the title, make, model, variant, price with currency, year, mileage, registration, body type, fuel type, gearbox, colour, engine size, power, CO2, images, dealer, location, timestamps (ISO 8601, UTC) and the public web url. Page with the 0-based page and size parameters. UK stock only (GBP). A valid filter with no match is a successful empty page.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
This endpoint has no required query parameters.
13 optional filters available.
string
Optional
Make slug, lowercase. Example: volkswagen. Use mercedes_benz (with underscore) for Mercedes-Benz.
volkswagen
string
Optional
Model slug with the make prefix. Example: volkswagen-golf.
volkswagen-golf
integer
Optional
0-based page number, 0 to 399. Defaults to 0.
0
integer
Optional
Listings per page, 1 to 50. Defaults to 20.
20
string
Optional
Sort order: price-asc, price-desc, year-desc, mileage-asc, date-active-desc, relevance-desc or distance-asc. Omit for the default order.
relevance
integer
Optional
Minimum price in GBP, whole pounds.
10
integer
Optional
Maximum price in GBP, whole pounds.
10
integer
Optional
Maximum mileage in miles.
10
string
Optional
One of petrol, diesel, hybrid, electric.
example
string
Optional
One of suv, saloon, estate, convertible, coupe, hatchback.
example
string
Optional
One of automatic, manual, semiauto.
example
number
Optional
Latitude. Send with lon and sort=distance-asc to order by distance and exclude far listings.
10
number
Optional
Longitude. Send with lat.
10
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/heycar/search?make=volkswagen&model=volkswagen-golf&page=0&size=20")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
meta
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"listings": [
{
"id": "16731596",
"heycar_id": "volkswagen-golf-2016-14-tsi-125-match-edition-5dr-dsg-b52b7c37",
"title": "Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI 125 Match Edition 5dr DSG",
"make": {
"id": "volkswagen",
"label": "Volkswagen"
},
"model": {
"id": "volkswagen-golf",
"label": "Golf"
},
"variant": "1.4 TSI 125 Match Edition 5dr DSG",
"price": 13499,
"currency": "GBP",
"is_vat_included": true,
"year": 2016,
"mileage": 15651,
"registration": "SK66MDO",
"stock_condition": "used",
"previous_owners": 2,
"body_type": "hatchback",
"fuel_type": "petrol",
"gearbox": "semiauto",
"color": "blue",
"doors": 5,
"seats": 5,
"engine_size": 1.4,
"bhp": 123.4,
"co2_g_km": 116,
"first_registration_date": "2016-09-14",
"is_ulez_compliant": false,
"image_count": 35,
"images": [
"https://cdn.uk.prod.group-mobility-trader.com/images/cas/811d30f1406ca1d31dbe202d3888873e/e8ef682826ac1c09a1bd3fd3c33e363c.jpg"
],
"dealer": {
"id": "7237",
"name": "Car Deal Warehouse Superstore Newbridge",
"city": "Newbridge"
},
"location": {
"postcode": "EH288TH",
"latitude": 55.942214,
"longitude": -3.405555
},
"created_at": "2026-10-07T06:30:41Z",
"last_updated_at": "2026-10-15T01:43:15Z",
"active_at": "2026-10-07",
"url": "https://drive.co.uk/auto/volkswagen-golf-2016-14-tsi-125-match-edition-5dr-dsg-b52b7c37"
}
],
"total": 2087,
"page": 0,
"size": 20,
"total_pages": 696,
"has_more": true,
"next_page": 1
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "search",
"billable": true
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A query parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"size": [
"The size must be 50 or fewer listings per page."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Invalid Source Response
The upstream answered with a shape that no longer matches the documented contract. This response is not billable.
{
"error": {
"code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
"message": "The heycar API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
}Service Unavailable
The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
{
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The heycar API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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