phaedryx / vinquery

Client for Vinquery decoding service

Vinquery

A ruby client for the VinQuery vin decoding web service.

How to install

Bundler

  gem vinquery

Rubygems

  gem install vinquery

How to use

Vinquery will provide you with a unique url and access_code which is needed for every request. In addition you will need to send the report type you desire. More info is available at the VinQuery site.

  require 'vinquery'
  vin = Vinquery.get('1FTWX31R19EB18840', {
                      :url => 'VINQUERY_URL', 
                      :access_code => 'ACCESS_CODE', 
                      :report_type => 'REPORT_TYPE'})
  
  vin.valid? # true
  vin.attributes[:make] # Ford