Get vehicle info from an Indian registration number

registration_info.py

import sys
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, SoupStrainer

home_url = 'https://parivahan.gov.in/rcdlstatus/'
post_url = 'https://parivahan.gov.in/rcdlstatus/vahan/rcDlHome.xhtml'
# Everything before the last four digits: MH02CL
first = sys.argv[1]
# The last four digits: 0555
second = sys.argv[2]

r = requests.get(url=home_url)
cookies = r.cookies
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, 'html.parser')
viewstate = soup.select('input[name="javax.faces.ViewState"]')[0]['value']

data = {
    'javax.faces.partial.ajax':'true',
    'javax.faces.source': 'form_rcdl:j_idt32',
    'javax.faces.partial.execute':'@all',
    'javax.faces.partial.render': 'form_rcdl:pnl_show form_rcdl:pg_show form_rcdl:rcdl_pnl',
    'form_rcdl:j_idt32':'form_rcdl:j_idt32',
    'form_rcdl':'form_rcdl',
    'form_rcdl:tf_reg_no1': first,
    'form_rcdl:tf_reg_no2': second,
    'javax.faces.ViewState': viewstate,
}

r = requests.post(url=post_url, data=data, cookies=cookies)
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, 'html.parser')
table = SoupStrainer('tr')
soup = BeautifulSoup(soup.get_text(), 'html.parser', parse_only=table)
print(soup.get_text())

usage.md

Programmatically extract owner info from Indian registration numbers

Usage

$ python registration_info.py MH02CL 0555

Registration No:
MH02CL0555
Registration Date:
20-Jan-2012

Chasi No:
WBAKB42080CY83879
Engine No:
16257849

Owner Name: 
SHAH RUKH KHAN

Vehicle Class: 
LMVIMP
Fuel Type:
PETROL

Maker Model:
BMW INDIA PVT. LTD., BMW 740 L I PETROL

Requirements

requests
beautifulsoup4

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High price per request

i want to api vahan info data base

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ApiClub is asking for 10K just for account activation which is non refundable

Can you suggest lower price alternative per request?

Im also looking for an alternative

Please write to prasanna@pichainlabs.com : we have rc api at a competitive price

I have built a vehicle api for my personal use case using multiple sources.
You can test at https://t.me/VehicleDetailsBot

(sharing as a telegram bot and not an api to keep it free and prevent from abuse)
Some values are obfuscated but can be made available.

has anyone figured out a new source for this?

Came across this RC API on Rapid Api, it contains more than 200 fields in the Response and is not expensive as well. After a lot of RnD this seems to be the only RC API that gives real time data and covers all most all the data at a reasonable price.

https://rapidapi.com/aitanlabs0/api/rto-vehicle-information-verification-india