Dongchedi Data Parser & API
Dongchedi (懂车帝) is ByteDance’s automotive portal — one of China’s highest-traffic car platforms for new, used and dealer listings — and Carapis can extract its full spec and pricing data through one REST API. Backed by the company behind TikTok/Douyin, Dongchedi pairs video-led car content with a transactions marketplace, and Carapis can serve its data without you fighting ByteDance’s app-first, China-geo infrastructure.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl Dongchedi right now. Activation takes 2–3 weeks of engineering and is quoted per source, because each one ships with dedicated proxies, anti-bot tuning and ongoing maintenance. Ask us to add it.
| Country | China |
|---|---|
| Type | Portal |
| Owner | ByteDance |
| Vehicle types | new, used, dealer |
| Monthly visits | large (declining ~11.5% m/m, Nov 2025) |
| Active listings | large |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★★☆ |
| Official site | www.dongchedi.com |
What is Dongchedi?
Dongchedi (懂车帝) is a major Chinese automotive content and listings platform owned by ByteDance, the parent of TikTok and Douyin. It blends short-video car reviews and live-stream sales with new-car catalogs and used-car/dealer listings, and has been expanding aggressively from media into transactions. Its traffic is large but was reported declining around 11.5% month-on-month in November 2025. It is Autohome’s principal rival for the Chinese online-car audience.
Market Position
Dongchedi is the chief challenger to Autohome’s group in China’s online-car market, leveraging ByteDance’s enormous Douyin/TikTok distribution to feed its automotive vertical. Traffic was reported declining ~11.5% m/m in November 2025, a signal worth watching, but it remains one of the largest auto destinations in a market that moved 20.1M used cars in 2025 (SCIO). Its differentiator is video- and live-commerce-driven discovery rather than classic classifieds search.
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 Dongchedi 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.
Dongchedi’s distinctive value is its blend of new-car catalog depth with a fast-growing used/dealer marketplace fed by China’s biggest video platform — a different inventory and discovery source than the Autohome/Che168 group.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "dongchedi", "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
- Pricing intelligence — track a fast-moving, video-led inventory pool to round out China pricing models for dealers.
- Market research — measure how ByteDance’s auto vertical shifts Chinese car-shopping behaviour. See market research.
- Import / export — reference Chinese-market specs and dealer inventory. See import & export.