NHTSA vPIC Vehicle API — Reference

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: NHTSA vPIC Vehicle API — Reference
  description: 'NHTSA vPIC Vehicle API — Reference. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get list of vehicle variables. Self-contained
    Naftiko capability covering one National Highway Traffic Safety Administration business surface.'
  tags:
  - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  - Reference
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    NATIONAL_HIGHWAY_TRAFFIC_SAFETY_ADMINISTRATION_API_KEY: NATIONAL_HIGHWAY_TRAFFIC_SAFETY_ADMINISTRATION_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference
    baseUri: https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles
    description: NHTSA vPIC Vehicle API — Reference business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: GetVehicleVariableList
      path: /GetVehicleVariableList
      operations:
      - name: get
        method: GET
        description: Get list of vehicle variables
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: GetVehicleVariableValuesList-variable
      path: /GetVehicleVariableValuesList/{variable}
      operations:
      - name: get
        method: GET
        description: Get values for a vehicle variable
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: variable
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for NHTSA vPIC Vehicle API — Reference. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation,
      prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/getvehiclevariablelist
      name: getvehiclevariablelist
      description: REST surface for GetVehicleVariableList.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: get
        description: Get list of vehicle variables
        call: national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference.get
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/getvehiclevariablevalueslist/{variable}
      name: getvehiclevariablevalueslist-variable
      description: REST surface for GetVehicleVariableValuesList-variable.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: get
        description: Get values for a vehicle variable
        call: national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference.get
        with:
          variable: rest.variable
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for NHTSA vPIC Vehicle API — Reference. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through
      this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: get-list-vehicle-variables
      description: Get list of vehicle variables
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference.get
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: get-values-vehicle-variable
      description: Get values for a vehicle variable
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: national-highway-traffic-safety-administration-reference.get
      with:
        variable: tools.variable
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.