Smartcar Developer Platform - Event Recap

API The Docs Virtual 2021 Showcase Your Devportal

This demo was presented at API The Docs Virtual 2021 Showcase Your Devportal event series on 3 November. We are glad to present the video recording of the event with the demo and the Q&A session. Enjoy!

Visit the Showcase Your DevPortal Recap page for summaries and recordings.



In the demo, you can hear about:

  • Standard APIs for cars: support for 22 different brands
  • A published API reference, open-source SDKs, and a number of different languages
  • Multi-channel support, and a self-service dashboard that has transparent pricing
  • SOC 2 type 2 compliance and GDPR compliance
  • The onboarding flow of Smartcar
  • Give access to all the different features to try out before having to put in a credit card and pay for the product
  • OAuth 2.0 experience
  • How to make an API request

Smartcar Developer Platform


Sanketh Katta (CTO, Co-Founder)

Smartcar is the leading developer platform for mobility businesses in North America and Europe. From car sharing marketplaces to auto insurance providers and electric utility companies, developers of all kinds use our APIs to integrate their apps and services with cars. So whether you need to track a vehicle’s location, verify its mileage, share a virtual key, start charging an EV, or check the engine oil life, our platform lets you do so with a single API request.


Read more on Smartcar Developer Platform’s Devportal Awards nomination page.


Q&A

  • What were the key milestones in the development of this platform and how long does it exist?
  • Who's working on creating and maintaining these docs? Who's running the docs now?
  • What’s on the roadmap for the devportal?

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