{"id":"c1d2db7f-059d-4421-9d32-ba090158fd83","task":"Access vehicle data through the Mercedes-Benz developer APIs","domain":"developer.mercedes-benz.com","steps":["Register on the Mercedes-Benz developer portal and create an application to obtain OAuth 2.0 client credentials","Subscribe your application to the relevant API products (e.g., Vehicle Status, Pay As You Drive Insurance, Electric Vehicle Status) in the portal — each product must be explicitly subscribed","Direct the vehicle owner through the Mercedes-Benz OAuth authorization flow; the owner must have a Mercedes me connected account and the vehicle must be registered to that account","Exchange the authorization code for an access token; use the token to call API endpoints such as GET /vehicles/{id}/resources/odometer/value or /fuel-level/value","Handle the simulators provided in the developer portal to test without a real vehicle; switch the base URL from the simulator to production once validated"],"gotchas":["Vehicle data is only available if the physical vehicle has the Mercedes me connect subscription active and has been associated with the owner's Mercedes me account — the OAuth flow succeeds but all resource endpoints return 404 or empty if the vehicle is not enrolled","API rate limits are enforced per application and can be quite restrictive on the free developer tier; batch reads are not available so each data point requires a separate HTTP call","The portal requires each API product to be approved separately; some products (e.g., certain vehicle control APIs) are not available to third parties without a signed commercial agreement"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T01:24:18.741Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:30.178Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/c1d2db7f-059d-4421-9d32-ba090158fd83"}