ikman.lk Data Parser & API
ikman.lk is Sri Lanka’s #1 classifieds site for vehicles — around 6M monthly visits, roughly 75% of the country’s auto-classifieds traffic and 70K+ live vehicle listings — and Carapis extracts its listing data, including price, mileage, year and seller info, through one REST API. Owned by Sweden’s Saltside Technologies, ikman is the dominant channel for Sri Lankan used cars, three-wheelers and commercial vehicles, and Carapis serves it without you building a scraper.
Available now. ikman.lk is in the live feed — pull it from /apix/api/vehicles/ with your API key.
| Country | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| Type | Classifieds |
| Owner | Saltside Technologies |
| Vehicle types | used, new, moto, commercial |
| Monthly visits | ~5.9-6M (SimilarWeb 2025) |
| Active listings | 70K+ vehicles (~75% SL auto-classifieds share) |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★★★ |
| Official site | ikman.lk |
What is ikman.lk?
ikman.lk is the leading general-classifieds platform in Sri Lanka, operated by Saltside Technologies AB. Its vehicles vertical covers used and new cars, motorcycles, three-wheelers and commercial vehicles, and commands roughly 75% of the country’s auto-classifieds traffic with 70K+ live vehicle listings. SimilarWeb estimates ~5.9-6M monthly visits (2025).
Market Position
ikman.lk is the clear leader in Sri Lankan vehicle classifieds, with around 75% of auto-classifieds traffic versus #2 Riyasewana’s ~24.5%. Its owner, Saltside Technologies (backed by Kinnevik, Verdane and Hillhouse), previously ran Bikroy (Bangladesh) and Tonaton (Ghana); after Jiji acquired those in 2024-2025, ikman is now Saltside’s main operating asset. As classifieds, ikman exposes listing-level fields and carries lower anti-bot friction than India’s big aggregators.
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 ikman.lk 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.
As with all South-Asian classifieds, ikman provides listing-level data (no VIN or government inspection feed), but its dominant share makes it the single best window into the Sri Lankan vehicle market.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "ikman-lk", "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 — with ~75% share, ikman is the best single source for tracking the Sri Lankan vehicle market. See market research.
- Pricing intelligence — asking-price and mileage data power pricing models for dealers.
- Import / export — monitor reconditioned-import inventory and pricing across Sri Lanka. See import & export.