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IAA Vehicle Search API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover

Search the public IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions) vehicle inventory with a free-text query and filters for make, model, year, odometer range and primary damage. Each vehicle returns id, stock number, title, year, make, model, title document, damage, odometer with unit and status, start code, airbags, engine, fuel, transmission, drive, body style, color, masked VIN, branch, ACV in USD, auction date (ISO 8601, UTC), lane, aisle, thumbnail and public url. Page with page and per_page; a valid search with zero matches is a successful response with an empty results list.

IAA Vehicle Search API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "results": [
            {
                "id": "46742702~US",
                "url": "https://www.iaai.com/VehicleDetail/46742702~US",
                "title": "2015 TOYOTA TACOMA BASE V6",
                "stock_number": "46242708",
                "title_doc": "Salvage",
                "primary_damage": "Rollover",
                "loss_type": "Other",
                "airbags": "Deployed",
                "color": "Black",
...

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.

query string Optional

Free-text search, e.g. toyota. Max 100 characters.

Example value coffee shops
make string Optional

Vehicle make, e.g. toyota. Matched case-insensitively.

Example value toyota
model string Optional

Vehicle model, e.g. tacoma.

Example value example
year integer Optional

Exact model year, 1950 to 2100.

Example value 10
year_from integer Optional

Start of a model year range. Send together with year_to.

Example value 10
year_to integer Optional

End of a model year range. Send together with year_from.

Example value 10
odometer_from integer Optional

Minimum odometer reading. Send together with odometer_to.

Example value 10
odometer_to integer Optional

Maximum odometer reading. Send together with odometer_from.

Example value 10
damage string Optional

Primary damage, e.g. Rollover or Front End.

Example value Rollover
sort string Optional

auction_date, year, odometer or branch. Defaults to auction_date.

Example value relevance
order string Optional

asc or desc. Defaults to asc.

Example value example
page integer Optional

1-based page number. Defaults to 1.

Example value 1
per_page integer Optional

Vehicles per page, 25 or 100. Defaults to 25.

Example value 10

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover",
    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
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover', 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));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover',
    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);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover")
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
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
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/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover")
        .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());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover", 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))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover"
C#
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/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
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/iaai/search?make=toyota&damage=Rollover")
        .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
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "results": [
            {
                "id": "46742702~US",
                "url": "https://www.iaai.com/VehicleDetail/46742702~US",
                "title": "2015 TOYOTA TACOMA BASE V6",
                "stock_number": "46242708",
                "title_doc": "Salvage",
                "primary_damage": "Rollover",
                "loss_type": "Other",
                "airbags": "Deployed",
                "color": "Black",
                "engine": "4.0L V-6 DOHC, VVT, regular , 236HP",
                "fuel": "Gasoline",
                "transmission": "Automatic",
                "drive": "Four Wheel Drive",
                "body_style": "Double Cab",
                "branch": "Tidewater",
                "year": 2015,
                "make": "TOYOTA",
                "model": "TACOMA",
                "series": "BASE V6",
                "odometer": 108152,
                "odometer_unit": "mi",
                "odometer_status": "Not Actual",
                "start_code": "Stationary",
                "vin_masked": "3TMLU4EN8FM******",
                "acv": 21945,
                "lane": "A - #223",
                "aisle": "D - 108",
                "branch_id": 725,
                "auction_date": "2026-10-15T13:30:00Z",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://vis.iaai.com/resizer?imageKeys=46742702~SID~I1&width=400&height=300"
            }
        ],
        "pagination": {
            "page": 1,
            "per_page": 25,
            "total": 726,
            "total_pages": 30
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "vehicle_search",
        "billable": true
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

NOT_FOUND

HTTP NOT_FOUND

The requested IAA vehicle was not found. Not billed.

UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE

HTTP UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE

IAA could not be reached. Not billed.

UPSTREAM_BLOCKED

HTTP UPSTREAM_BLOCKED

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

upstream_unavailable

HTTP upstream_unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

PARSER_DRIFT

HTTP PARSER_DRIFT

IAA returned an unexpected page shape. Not billed.

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