EnCarAPI
Korean Car API

The Korean Car API for real-time Korea used-car data

EnCarAPI is a single REST API for the South Korean used-car market. Access live listings, photos, full specifications, equipment, price history and dealer data from Korea's major platforms - Encar, KB Chachacha and K Car - without building and maintaining your own scrapers.

Whether you export Korean cars, run a dealer platform or build analytics, the Korean Car API gives you clean, reliable JSON behind one API key.

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One API for Korea's major used-car platforms

South Korea is one of the world's busiest used-car export markets, with more than 300,000 vehicles listed across Encar, KB Chachacha and K Car at any moment. EnCarAPI consolidates these platforms into a single, consistent REST API so you can search, filter and analyze Korean car data programmatically.

Built for exporters, dealers and platforms

Korean car exporters and dealers worldwide use real-time market data to source vehicles, price inventory and build customer-facing listings. The Korean Car API removes the infrastructure burden and hands you ready-to-use data.

Korean-to-English data, ready to ship

Model names, trims, fuel types, colors and equipment codes are mapped from Korean to English for you, so the data drops straight into international products. Filter by brand, model, generation, trim, fuel, price, year and mileage, then fetch full per-vehicle detail.

What's included

  • Live listings from Encar, KB Chachacha and K Car - photos and full specifications
  • Full filtering: brand → model → generation → trim, fuel, price, year, mileage
  • Per-vehicle detail: options, inspection, accident summary, price history
  • Korean → English mapping done for you
  • Official Python & Node.js SDKs
  • Predictable JSON, clear plans from €149/month

Korean Car API - FAQ

Is there an API for Korean used car data?+
Yes, EnCarAPI is a REST API for Korean used car data from the three major marketplaces Encar, KB Chachacha and K Car. The marketplaces themselves do not offer public APIs for their listings, so EnCarAPI provides this data through one documented API and one API key.
Which Korean car marketplaces are covered?+
EnCarAPI covers Encar.com, KB Chachacha (kbchachacha.com) and K Car (kcar.com) with more than 300,000 deduplicated listings. You choose the marketplace with the source parameter: encar (default), kbc, kcar or all, and with all a car that is listed on several platforms appears only once.
What data do I get for each Korean car?+
Each listing includes brand, model, trim, year, mileage, price, fuel, transmission, color, photos and equipment options, with names mapped from Korean to English. Depending on the marketplace, the vehicle detail adds inspection reports, accident and ownership records, condition reports, the Encar diagnosis, the Encar vehicle history and price history.
How much does the Korean car API cost, and how can I test it?+
Plans cost €149/month (Starter), €199/month (Business) and €299/month (Scale), and annual billing saves 20%. KB Chachacha and K Car are included in Business and Scale and are an add-on for Starter at €29/month. To test, start the 5-day trial for €9.99 with all three marketplaces, up to 100,000 catalog rows and 2,000 detail lookups in total (max. 1,000 lookups per day); it then continues on the Starter plan at €149/month unless you cancel before day 5.
How do I integrate the Korean car API?+
Send your API key as the x-api-key header to https://api.encarapi.com and you get JSON back. Official Python and Node.js SDKs handle authentication, pagination and filtering, the documentation and the OpenAPI reference describe every endpoint, and an MCP server connects AI assistants such as Claude or Cursor.
Is EnCarAPI an official partner of Encar, KB Chachacha or K Car?+
No, EnCarAPI is an independent service and is not affiliated with Encar, KB Chachacha or K Car. It provides structured access to publicly listed marketplace data.

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