Location API
Track vehicles hardware-free
With Smartcar, tracking a car’s location is as easy as a single API request.
Location
Retrieve a vehicle’s last known location by geographic coordinates.
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const smartcar = require('smartcar');
// Get all vehicles associated with this access token
const {vehicles} = await smartcar.getVehicles("<access-token>");
// Construct a new vehicle instance using the first vehicle's id
const vehicle = new smartcar.Vehicle(vehicles[0], "<access-token>");
// Fetch the vehicle's location
const location = await vehicle.location();// Example http response from Smartcar
{
"latitude": 37.4292,
"longitude": 122.1381
}Product features
Compatible with 24 car brands
Friendly user consent flow
Works on 2015 and newer vehicles
Trusted & secure
Access to real telematics data
SDKs for Go, Java, Node.js, Python, and Ruby
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