Carsensor Data Parser & API
Carsensor is Japan’s #1 vehicles website by traffic — around 35.8 million visits per month — operated by Recruit Holdings with roughly 400K+ used- and new-car listings, and Carapis extracts its full listing and condition data through one REST API. As the most-visited car portal in Japan, Carsensor (カーセンサー) carries deep dealer inventory and detailed Japanese condition data, served by Carapis without you building a scraper.
Available now. Carsensor is in the live feed — pull it from /apix/api/vehicles/ with your API key.
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Type | Portal |
| Owner | Recruit Holdings |
| Vehicle types | used, new, dealer |
| Monthly visits | ~35.8M/mo (Jan 2026) |
| Active listings | ~400K+ |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★★★ |
| Official site | www.carsensor.net |
What is Carsensor?
Carsensor (カーセンサー, carsensor.net) is Japan’s leading automotive marketplace, run by Recruit Holdings — the same group behind Indeed and many Japanese listings services. It carries used cars, new cars and dealer inventory, with roughly 400K+ active listings and the highest traffic of any vehicles site in Japan at ~35.8M monthly visits (Jan 2026). Each listing includes detailed Japanese condition data, including remaining shaken (mandatory inspection) and dealer-grade condition notes.
Market Position
Carsensor is the #1 car site in Japan by traffic at ~35.8M visits/mo (Jan 2026), ahead of Goo-net (~24M/mo). Backed by Recruit Holdings, it benefits from a massive media and listings ecosystem, and is the default destination for Japanese used-car shoppers. With ~400K+ listings it offers one of the largest and most data-rich domestic Japanese inventories — a key source for both the domestic market and the global Japanese-used-car export trade.
What the API returns
Response schema
Indicative — this is the shape, not a guarantee. Every source returns the same structure, so what you build against does not change when you add one. Which fields carry a value depends on the source and on the individual listing: a site that does not publish mileage returns null there, and Carsensor is no exception.
List — GET /apix/api/vehicles/ — returns 30 fields per vehicle:
idstringsource_codestringbrand_namestringbrand_slugstringmodel_namestringmodel_slugstringtrimstringyearintegerprice_usdintegermileageintegerfuel_typeFuelTypeEnumtransmissionTransmissionEnumbody_typeBodyTypeEnumcolorColorEnumseller_typeSellerTypeEnumregionstringsource_locationobjecthas_accidentbooleanis_new_vehiclebooleanis_verifiedbooleanstatusVehicleStatusEnumis_availablebooleanfirst_seen_atstringlast_seen_atstringthumbVehiclePhotophotosarrayphotos_countintegerhas_valuationbooleanhas_llm_analysisbooleananalysisobject
Detail — GET /apix/api/vehicles/{id}/ — adds 23 more:
generationstringprice_originalstringprice_original_currencystringoriginal_msrpstringengine_ccintegerseat_countintegerdrive_typeDriveTypeEnumhas_simple_repairbooleanhas_recallbooleanrecall_fulfilledbooleanwarranty_typestringinspection_passedbooleanowner_countintegeris_undervaluedbooleanvaluation_scorenumberfeaturesarraydescriptionstringlisting_urlstringlisting_idstringvinstringvehicle_nostringavailability_checked_atstringstatus_changed_atstring
Abbreviated example:
{
"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
}Which sources you can actually query is answered by GET /apix/api/sources/ with your API key — it is the list your account can pull today, and it is the one to trust over any page on this site.
Carsensor’s Japan-specific value is the shaken (車検) field and detailed dealer condition grades — data that matters enormously for Japanese-domestic buyers and export agents pricing remaining roadworthiness and running costs.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "carsensor", "limit": 20},
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])Get an API key at my.carapis.com and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page .
Use Cases
- Import / export — Japanese used cars are a huge global export category; Carsensor’s domestic inventory and shaken data help exporters source and price. See import & export.
- Pricing intelligence — Japan’s largest listing pool anchors used-car pricing models for dealers.
- Market research — track the most-visited Japanese car portal’s inventory and price trends. See market research.