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Vehicle brands · v1.1 List vehicle brands

BeMap name: Vehicle brands · v1.1

GET/vehicle/1.1/getbrands

The brands of the vehicle database, for the first step of a vehicle picker.

The whole description

In BeMap's words

Returns the list of available vehicle brands.

Returns the list of available vehicle brands.

Requires the Vehicle or EV smart routing option. Allow to get the information of vehicle. Not enabled on your account? Ask your BeNomad contact.

Response

200, schema VehicleBrandsResponseV1Dot1.

Response fields

brandsBrandInfoV1Dot1[]required
A list of brands.
BrandInfoV1Dot1 fields
- idstringrequired
  Id of brand.ID that can be used in API findvehicles and getlevelvehicleinfo to get the vehicle models of that brand.
- labelstringrequired
  Name of brand. commercial brand name.

Errors

400 Bad Request, ErrorResponseV1Dot1
302 No credentials were sent. Do not follow the redirect.
401 The account or the API key is wrong.

How to read each one: Errors.

Tutorials

Reference pages

Vehicle brands · v1.1

Request

curl -X GET 'https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/vehicle/1.1/getbrands' \
  -u 'YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --fail-with-body

const response = await fetch('https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/vehicle/1.1/getbrands', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Basic ' + btoa('YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY'),
  },
  redirect: 'manual', // a missing credential answers 302: never follow it
});

if (response.type === 'opaqueredirect' || (response.status >= 300 && response.status < 400)) throw new Error('BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it');
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`BeMap answered ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/vehicle/1.1/getbrands",
    auth=("YOUR_ACCOUNT", "YOUR_API_KEY"),
    allow_redirects=False,  # a missing credential answers 302: never follow it
)
if response.is_redirect:
    raise RuntimeError("BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it")
if response.status_code != 200:
    raise RuntimeError(f"BeMap answered {response.status_code}: {response.text}")
data = response.json()

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Base64;

String auth = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString("YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/vehicle/1.1/getbrands"))
    .header("Authorization", "Basic " + auth)
    .GET()
    .build();

// HttpClient never follows redirects by default: a 302 means a missing credential.
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
if (response.statusCode() / 100 == 3) throw new IllegalStateException("BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it");
if (response.statusCode() != 200) throw new IllegalStateException("BeMap answered " + response.statusCode() + ": " + response.body());
String json = response.body();

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/vehicle/1.1/getbrands');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_USERPWD => 'YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => false, // a missing credential answers 302: never follow it
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
if ($response === false) throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($ch));
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
if ($status >= 300 && $status < 400) throw new RuntimeException('BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it');
if ($status !== 200) throw new RuntimeException("BeMap answered $status: $response");

$data = json_decode($response, true);

using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

// AllowAutoRedirect = false: a missing credential answers 302, never follow it.
var client = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler { AllowAutoRedirect = false });
var token = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY"));
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", token);

var response = await client.GetAsync("https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/vehicle/1.1/getbrands");
if ((int)response.StatusCode / 100 == 3) throw new HttpRequestException("BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it");
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK) throw new HttpRequestException($"BeMap answered {(int)response.StatusCode}: {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");
var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

Response · 200

{
  "brands": [
    {
      "id": "6862890593f67e33df977de9",
      "label": "Abarth"
    },
    {
      "id": "6a280fea0e36a02c67d568de",
      "label": "AION"
    }
  ]
}

Captured from production. Long arrays and strings are shortened.

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Write the code that calls the BeMap API operation "Vehicle brands · v1.1": GET https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/vehicle/1.1/getbrands

- Authenticate with HTTP Basic: the BeMap account as the user name, the API key as the password. Do not follow redirects: a 302 means the credentials were not sent.
- Use only the fields the reference lists: BeMap ignores an unknown field name without an error, so a misspelt field configures nothing.
- A 400 with "Access Denied" means the account lacks the Vehicle or EV smart routing option; a 401, a wrong account or key.

Reference, with every field and what each value means: https://benomad.com/dev/doc/bemap-api/api/electric-mobility/vehicle-getbrands-v1-1.md

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