Public Vehicle Lookup API

A small, stable, read-only endpoint for looking up vehicles by state and/or a search term. No API key or authentication is required — anyone with the URL can call it. It's separate from the endpoint the search box on the public page uses internally, which is free to change shape; this one is meant to stay put.

Parameters

Name	Required	Description
state	No*	2-letter state code (e.g. TX). Filters results to that state.
query	No*	Search term — matches plate, vehicle number, make, model, or state. Minimum 2 characters if given.

* At least one of state or query is required. Give state alone to browse every vehicle on file for that state; give query alone to search regardless of state. Results are capped at 8 per request.

Example Requests

Search by plate/vehicle text within a state:

https://presswhatmatters.com/GLASS/api/vehicles.php?state=TX&query=ABC

Browse a state with no search term:

https://presswhatmatters.com/GLASS/api/vehicles.php?state=TX

Search across all states:

https://presswhatmatters.com/GLASS/api/vehicles.php?query=explorer

With curl:

curl "https://presswhatmatters.com/GLASS/api/vehicles.php?state=TX&query=ABC"

Example Response

{
  "query": "ABC",
  "state": "TX",
  "count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "plate": "ABC-1234",
      "vehicleNo": "FLT-TX-8819",
      "state": "TX",
      "make": "Ford",
      "model": "F-150",
      "year": "2019",
      "status": "active",
      "lastSeen": "2 hrs ago",
      "photo": null,
      "photos": [],
      "reports": []
    }
  ]
}

photo/photos point to filenames under /uploads/photos/ when a vehicle has one on file. reports lists any attached incident/commendation records. An invalid request returns { "error": "..." } with a 4xx/5xx status instead of results.