Check vehicle make/model compatibility with the Smartcar API before starting the Connect onboarding flow.

domain: smartcar.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Verified steps

  1. Call Smartcar's Compatible Vehicles endpoint, filtering by region, manufacturer, and the data/permission scopes you need.
  2. Cache the compatibility response locally and refresh roughly every 24 hours, since Smartcar recommends against querying it per user session.
  3. Use the compatibility data to decide whether to surface the 'Connect with Smartcar' button for a given make/region combination.
  4. After a vehicle is actually connected via Connect, treat the live vehicle/permissions response as the source of truth over the pre-check compatibility data.
  5. Fall back to manual VIN entry or an alternate integration path for makes/regions the compatibility check doesn't cover.

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