Edmunds Data Parser & API
Edmunds is a leading US automotive valuation and listings aggregator — around 15.5M visits per month — and Carapis can extract both its True Market Value pricing and its dealer listings through one REST API. Owned by CarMax, Edmunds layers structured valuation data on top of dealer-feed inventory, making it a strong pricing-signal source — delivered without you building or maintaining a scraper.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl Edmunds 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 | USA |
|---|---|
| Type | Aggregator |
| Owner | CarMax |
| Vehicle types | used, new, dealer |
| Monthly visits | ~15.5M/mo (Semrush, Apr 2026) |
| Active listings | dealer feed |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★☆☆ |
| Official site | www.edmunds.com |
What is Edmunds?
Edmunds is a well-known US car-research and shopping site owned by CarMax. It draws roughly 15.5M visits per month (Semrush, Apr 2026), combining editorial reviews, dealer-feed listings and its True Market Value (TMV) pricing — structured estimates of what buyers actually pay. The TMV pricing layer, like KBB’s value bands, is what differentiates Edmunds from a pure listings portal.
Market Position
Edmunds attracts ~15.5M visits per month (Semrush, Apr 2026), sitting alongside TrueCar in the US aggregator/valuation tier below the big shopping portals. It is owned by CarMax, so it shares an ownership cluster with the largest US used-car retailer within Carapis’s North American coverage. Its value to data buyers is the valuation layer: True Market Value provides a pricing reference that complements raw listings from CarGurus, Cars.com and AutoTrader.com.
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 Edmunds 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.
The TMV valuation data is the unique asset — a ready-made pricing-signal layer for appraisal and residual-value models.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "edmunds", "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 — Edmunds True Market Value anchors appraisal and residual-value models for dealers.
- Market research — compare TMV estimates against live listings to measure price gaps. See market research.
- Appraisal tooling — power instant-offer and trade-in estimators with structured valuation data.