Get Makes

Get a list of all available makes in the database.

GET https://api.oldcarsdata.com/makes

Request Parameters

No parameters required.

bash

curl "https://api.oldcarsdata.com/makes"

javascript

const response = await fetch('https://api.oldcarsdata.com/makes');
const data = await response.json();

python

import requests

response = requests.get('https://api.oldcarsdata.com/makes')
data = response.json()

Makes retrieved successfully.

json

{
  "data": [
    "Toyota",
    "Ford",
    "Chevrolet",
    "BMW",
    "Mercedes-Benz"
  ]
}

Field	Type	Description
`data`	array	Array of make names (strings), sorted alphabetically

Field	Type	Description
`error`	string	Error type identifier
`message`	string	Human-readable error message

500 — Internal Server Error:

json

{
  "error": "Internal Server Error",
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred"
}