# /copart/lots/search

`POST /api/copart/lots/search`

Price: 20 credits

Search Copart salvage, clean-title and wholesale vehicle lots by keyword, make, model, year, vehicle type, title group, primary damage or loss type, with bid state, auction date and yard for each lot.

## How to use it

Find damaged, repossessed or clean-title vehicles coming up at Copart auctions. Pass a result id to copart/lots for the condition-report damage items and to copart/lots/images for the photos.

## Parameters

- `access-token` (string, required)

## Request body

- `timeout` (integer) — Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds) (default: 300; min: 20; max: 1500)
- `count` (integer, required) — Max number of lots to return (min: 1; max: 1000)
- `query` (string, nullable) — Free-text search as typed into the Copart search box (examples: "honda civic")
- `make` (string, nullable) — Vehicle make as shown in the make field of results (examples: "FORD")
- `model` (string, nullable) — Vehicle model as shown in the model field of results (examples: "F150")
- `year_min` (integer, nullable) — Earliest model year (min: 1900; max: 2100)
- `year_max` (integer, nullable) — Latest model year (min: 1900; max: 2100)
- `vehicle_type` (string, nullable) — Vehicle type (one of: "automobile", "suv", "pickup_truck", "motorcycle", "medium_duty_box_truck", "heavy_duty_truck", "trailer", "rv", "bus", "atv", "boat", "jet_ski", "industrial_equipment", "construction_equipment", "agriculture_equipment", "dirt_bike", "snowmobile")
- `title_group` (string, nullable) — Title group (one of: "clean", "salvage", "non_repairable")
- `primary_damage` (string, nullable) — Primary damage type (one of: "all_over", "biohazard_chemical", "burn", "burn_engine", "burn_interior", "damage_history", "frame_damage", "front_end", "hail", "mechanical", "minor_dent_scratches", "missing_altered_vin", "normal_wear", "partial_repair", "rear_end", "rejected_repair", "replaced_vin", "rollover", "side", "stripped", "top_roof", "undercarriage", "unknown", "vandalism", "water_flood")
- `loss_type` (string, nullable) — How the vehicle came to auction (one of: "donation", "impound", "repossession", "recovered_theft", "fleet_lease")
- `buy_it_now_only` (boolean) — Only lots offering a Buy It Now price (default: false)
- `run_and_drive_only` (boolean) — Only lots verified as Run and Drive (default: false)

## Response

### 200 — Successful Response

- `@type` (string) (default: "CopartLot")
- `id` (string, required)
- `url` (string, required)
- `alias` (string, nullable)
- `year` (integer, nullable)
- `make` (string, nullable)
- `make_code` (string, nullable)
- `model` (string, nullable)
- `model_group` (string, nullable)
- `model_detail` (string, nullable)
- `trim` (string, nullable)
- `vin_masked` (string, nullable)
- `vehicle_type` (string, nullable)
- `vehicle_type_code` (string, nullable)
- `vehicle_category_code` (string, nullable)
- `body_style` (string, nullable)
- `color` (string, nullable)
- `exterior_color` (string, nullable)
- `interior_color` (string, nullable)
- `engine` (string, nullable)
- `cylinders` (string, nullable)
- `fuel_type` (string, nullable)
- `drive` (string, nullable)
- `transmission` (string, nullable)
- `has_keys` (boolean, nullable)
- `odometer` (number, nullable)
- `odometer_status` (string, nullable)
- `condition` (string, nullable)
- `condition_code` (string, nullable)
- `primary_damage` (string, nullable)
- `primary_damage_code` (string, nullable)
- `secondary_damage` (string, nullable)
- `title_type` (string, nullable)
- `title_group` (string, nullable)
- `title_group_code` (string, nullable)
- `title_state` (string, nullable)
- `actual_cash_value` (number, nullable)
- `estimated_repair_cost` (number, nullable)
- `currency` (string, nullable)
- `current_bid` (number, nullable)
- `high_bid` (number, nullable)
- `buy_it_now_price` (number, nullable)
- `sale_status` (string, nullable)
- `sale_status_label` (string, nullable)
- `bid_status` (string, nullable)
- `has_bid` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_sold` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_seller_reserve_met` (boolean, nullable)
- `is_sealed_bid` (boolean, nullable)
- `sale_name` (string, nullable)
- `auction_at` (integer, nullable)
- `auction_time` (string, nullable)
- `time_zone` (string, nullable)
- `iana_time_zone` (string, nullable)
- `updated_at` (integer, nullable)
- `yard_name` (string, nullable)
- `yard_number` (integer, nullable)
- `physical_yard_number` (integer, nullable)
- `city` (string, nullable)
- `state` (string, nullable)
- `country` (string, nullable)
- `postal_code` (string, nullable)
- `latitude` (number, nullable)
- `longitude` (number, nullable)
- `brand` (string, nullable)
- `site_codes` (array) (default: [])
- `highlights` (array) (default: [])
- `report_providers` (array) (default: [])
- `image` (string, nullable)
- `autocheck_score` (integer, nullable)
- `autocheck_score_range` (string, nullable)
- `autocheck_owner_count` (integer, nullable)
- `autocheck_accident_record` (string, nullable)
- `autocheck_odometer_record` (string, nullable)
- `damages` (array) (default: [])
  - `@type` (string) (default: "CopartLotDamage")
  - `area` (string, nullable)
  - `item` (string, nullable)
  - `damage` (string, nullable)
  - `severity` (string, nullable)
  - `image` (string, nullable)
  - `thumbnail` (string, nullable)

## Errors

### 422 — Validation Error

The request body did not validate

What to do: Check the fields against this schema. A URN with the wrong prefix is the most common cause.

- `detail` (array)
  - `loc` (array, required)
  - `msg` (string, required)
  - `type` (string, required)
  - `input` (any)
  - `ctx` (object)

### 408

The request ran past its time limit

What to do: Raise `timeout` in the request body, up to the maximum this endpoint documents. Lowering `count` or turning off the `with_*` flags also helps, because less work finishes sooner.

### 412

The entity was not found, or a precondition failed

What to do: Retrying will not help: either the entity does not exist, or the input points at a different one.

### 429

Too many requests: a rate limit or a usage window is exhausted

What to do: When the response carries an X-Retry-After header, wait that many seconds and retry: the same number is in the body as `detail.retry_after`, and the limit clears once that window passes. The message in the body names the limit that was hit.

### 500

Something broke on our side

What to do: Retrying will not help. If it keeps happening, send us the X-Request-ID from the response headers.

### 529

Rate limit reached, or the endpoint is overloaded

What to do: Wait at least 30 seconds, then retry.

## Response envelope

Success: Array of objects (may be empty if no results)

Error: Error may coexist with partial results if it occurs mid-execution. Check X-Error header and status code.

Every response carries these headers:

- `X-Error` — Error message text (present only on error)
- `X-Request-ID` — Unique request identifier
- `X-Execution-Time` — Execution time in seconds
- `X-Result-Count` — How many records the body carries. 0 means an empty result, which is a normal answer and not by itself an error. A non-zero count can come back together with X-Error when the failure happened partway through — read this header and X-Error independently.
- `X-Total-Available-Results` — How many records exist for this query, when the endpoint can say. On a `dry_run` request this is the answer and the body is empty. It saturates: the endpoint's documented maximum means 'at least that many', any smaller number is exact.
- `X-Warning` — Present when the request body carried keys this endpoint does not document. They were ignored, so any filter you meant to apply through them did not apply. Check the spelling against this schema and retry.
- `X-Retry-After` — Seconds to wait before retrying. Present only on 429.