Riyasewana Data Parser & API
Riyasewana is Sri Lanka’s #2 vehicle classifieds — around 2M monthly visits and roughly 24.5% of the auto-classifieds traffic behind ikman.lk — and Carapis can extract its listing data, including price, mileage and seller info, through one REST API. Established in 2009, Riyasewana spans cars, SUVs, vans, lorries, motorcycles and three-wheelers with a vehicle-history feature, and Carapis can serve it without you building a scraper.
On request — not in the live feed today. We do not continuously crawl Riyasewana 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 | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| Type | Classifieds |
| Owner | Riyasewana |
| Vehicle types | used, new, moto, commercial |
| Monthly visits | ~2M (≈24.5% vs ikman) |
| Active listings | "thousands" cars/SUV/van/bike/lorry/3-wheeler |
| API access | No public API (parse-only) |
| Parse priority | ★★★☆☆ |
| Official site | riyasewana.com |
What is Riyasewana?
Riyasewana (est. 2009) is a Sri Lankan vehicle-classifieds site and the #2 player behind ikman.lk. It covers a broad range of vehicle types — cars, SUVs, vans, lorries, motorcycles and three-wheelers — and offers a vehicle-history feature. SimilarWeb places it at roughly 24.5% of Sri Lankan auto-classifieds traffic (~2M visits/mo).
Market Position
Riyasewana is the clear #2 in Sri Lankan vehicle classifieds, complementing market-leader ikman.lk (~75% share). Its broad vehicle-type coverage — including lorries and three-wheelers — makes it useful for tracking commercial and utility-vehicle supply that the leader may under-represent. As classifieds it carries low anti-bot friction.
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 Riyasewana 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.
Riyasewana is a classifieds source (listing-level fields, no VIN feed), best used alongside ikman.lk for fuller Sri Lankan market coverage.
API Quick Start
Python
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
params={"source": "riyasewana", "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 — combine with ikman.lk for fuller coverage of the Sri Lankan vehicle market, including commercial vehicles. See market research.
- Pricing intelligence — asking-price and mileage data power valuation models for dealers.
- Import / export — track reconditioned-import supply into Sri Lanka. See import & export.