Integrate with a dealership's Dealertrack DMS via the Opentrack partner program to read and write deals, customer, and vehicle records

Steps

1. Apply to become a certified Opentrack integration partner through Cox Automotive/Dealertrack rather than expecting open self-serve API keys — certification is required before your app is an approved integration.
2. Obtain the Opentrack Partner Setup guide and per-module API method documentation (e.g., the Add API method) covering the specific area you're integrating (Customers, Vehicles, Deals, Accounting, Service, Parts).
3. Build and test against Dealertrack's certification environment, since production dealer connections are only enabled after passing Opentrack certification testing.
4. Implement the specific data flows you need — e.g., pulling deal and repair-order data out, or pushing customer/vehicle updates and service appointments in — using the method-specific request/response formats from the Opentrack docs.
5. Coordinate with each individual dealership's Dealertrack admin to enable your certified integration on their DMS instance, since certification approves the integration but each dealer still has to turn it on.