# Vehicle Searching Basics

The Vehicle Search API set allows you to find matching vehicles within our database. This API requires [authentication](/authentication/api-key.md) and an appropriate license attached to it. 

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><img src="/files/NcpPARkD5ktlLiDz0mpE" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3><strong>Text Search</strong></h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you have a vehicle description or title as a text string and want to resolve to an vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/66QYIkUxl7zCmEfrRF5w">/pages/66QYIkUxl7zCmEfrRF5w</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="/files/SV5gvzIZieIEt1SewHVF" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3><strong>Vehicle Registration Mark Search</strong></h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you have a VRM and want summary data. </p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/zhBV1dw5ReehkXgUDyob">/pages/zhBV1dw5ReehkXgUDyob</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="/files/h0QXEkktWzalhI49XsCk" alt="" data-size="original"></p><h3>Facet Search</h3><p>Use this search mechanism if you would like your users to interact with drop downs to resolve to a vehicle ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/cUvQZ0qaWsKsEDFIilsZ">/pages/cUvQZ0qaWsKsEDFIilsZ</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><img src="/files/wvLJ3hq18JcOVVfXFVm3" alt=""></p><h3>Vehicle ID Search</h3><p>Use this to get summary data on a vehicle if you already have its ID.</p></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/Bx1R5d4KBQ8kijXV4kai">/pages/Bx1R5d4KBQ8kijXV4kai</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/CXyZoi8nVDZOCMMjD41T" alt=""></td><td><h3>Marketplace ID</h3><p>A special use case search function for marketplace partners. </p></td><td></td><td><a href="/pages/dt9BkxlRasnXwx6uILSO">/pages/dt9BkxlRasnXwx6uILSO</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>


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