TipCars Data Parser & API
TipCars is Czechia’s #2 car portal — around 0.9M visits per month but a large ~400K-listing catalog — and Carapis can extract its full listing data, including spec, mileage, photos and dealer details, through one REST API. Owned by Vltava Labe Media (Penta), TipCars punches above its traffic with one of the deepest catalogs in the Czech market.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl TipCars 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 | Czechia |
|---|---|
| Type | Portal |
| Owner | Vltava Labe Media / Penta |
| Vehicle types | used, new, dealer |
| Monthly visits | ~0.9M/mo (SimilarWeb) |
| Active listings | ~400K (2025, self-reported) |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★☆☆ |
| Official site | www.tipcars.com |
What is TipCars?
TipCars (tipcars.com) is the second-largest car portal in Czechia, operated by Vltava Labe Media under the Penta investment group. It carries dealer-heavy used- and new-car listings. TipCars draws ~0.9M visits per month (SimilarWeb) but self-reports a deep ~400K-listing catalog (2025).
Market Position
TipCars ranks #2 in Czechia behind Sauto.cz. While its traffic is modest (~0.9M/mo, SimilarWeb), its ~400K-listing catalog (2025, self-reported) makes it disproportionately valuable as a data source — broad dealer inventory at low anti-bot friction. Carapis can serve its listing data through the same unified endpoint as every other platform.
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 TipCars 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.
Its large catalog relative to traffic makes TipCars an efficient complement to Sauto.cz for full Czech-market coverage.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "tipcars", "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
- Market research — TipCars’ deep catalog complements Sauto.cz for a full Czech-market view. See market research.
- Pricing intelligence — broad dealer inventory powers pricing models for dealers.
- Import / export — Czechia is a Central-European used-car hub; dealer data supports cross-border sourcing. See import & export.