Che168 Data Parser & API

Che168 is the largest used-car dealer-inventory portal in China — the world’s biggest used-car market, which crossed 20.1 million transactions in 2025 — and Carapis can extract its famously rich listings, reportedly 200+ fields each, through one REST API. Owned by Autohome, Che168 (二手车之家) carries full vehicle spec, trim, mileage, price, dealer phone and condition data, served by Carapis without you fighting China’s geo-blocks and app-first delivery.

What is Che168?

Che168 (车168 / 二手车之家) is China’s leading used-car dealer-inventory portal, operated by Autohome, the country’s dominant automotive media group. It connects buyers with licensed dealers nationwide and is known for the depth of each listing — reportedly 200+ structured fields covering full specification, trim, options, mileage, price and dealer contact. Autohome also runs the export-facing global.che168.com gateway. China’s used-car market crossed 20.1M units in 2025 (SCIO), and Che168 sits at the center of its dealer-inventory layer.

Market Position

Che168 is one of three properties under Autohome — alongside the autohome.com.cn info portal and the TTPAI C2B auction platform — so a single Carapis parser stack reaches all three. It is the largest dealer-inventory used-car portal in a market that moved 20.1M used cars worth ¥1.3T ($200B) in 2025 (SCIO). SimilarWeb shows only ~1.8M desktop visits (Nov 2024), but that badly understates reality: Chinese traffic is overwhelmingly in-app and behind the Great Firewall, so treat the figure as a floor, not a ceiling.

What the API returns

{
  "id": "0193f2c1-...",
  "source_code": "encar",
  "brand_name": "BMW",
  "model_name": "320i",
  "trim": "M Sport",
  "year": 2021,
  "price_usd": 28400,
  "price_original": "38900000",
  "price_original_currency": "KRW",
  "mileage": 45000,
  "fuel_type": "gasoline",
  "transmission": "automatic",
  "has_accident": false,
  "listing_url": "https://...",
  "photos": [{ "url": "https://cdn.carapis.com/..." }],
  "first_seen_at": "2026-09-28T11:04:22Z",
  "is_available": true
}

The standout is breadth: where most portals expose a dozen fields, Che168 publishes a near-complete factory spec sheet plus dealer contact per car. That density makes it the prime source for Chinese-market spec intelligence and dealer-network mapping.

API Quick Start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"source": "che168", "limit": 20},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=che168&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=che168&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARAPIS_API_KEY"

Get an API key at my.carapis.com  and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page .

Use Cases

• Pricing intelligence — Che168’s depth powers spec-level pricing models across China’s huge used-car market for dealers.
• Import / export — source Chinese-market vehicles and full spec data via the export-facing gateway. See import & export.
• Market research — map dealer networks and inventory mix across China. See market research.

Frequently asked questions

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