One government database, four unofficial taps
One government database, four unofficial tapsplate ▶ VAHAN ▶ owner · RC · insurance · challan
Surepass, IDfy, Cashfree, the RapidAPI clones — every “RC Verification API” in India reads the same VAHAN database and bolts a meter on the pipe. Everything below taps it for free.
Plate in → owner, RC, insurance, challan out. There are only four ways into the database, and every free tool is one of them:
| Route into VAHAN | The move | Grab this |
|---|---|---|
 Replay the portal |
Fire VAHAN’s own internal AJAX call — the request the site makes to itself | vahan-scraper |
 Reverse the app |
Wear the mParivahan app’s signed request; the app is already authorized | Google-App-Reverse |
 Beat the gate |
Solve the captcha, then un-mask the owner name the portal hides | parivahan_scraper · MaskReveal |
 Pivot another rail |
Let FASTag / UPI / a phone number leak the vehicle link | upi-recon.py |
That’s the whole game. Pick a route, or grab the pre-built shelf below.
🗄️ The full grey shelf — clone, run, owner name prints
| Tool | Why it’s on the shelf |
|---|---|
| vahanmcp | Playwright harvest → local SQLite + MCP tools (agent-callable) |
| darkbyte-vehicle-osint · vehicle-osint-scanner | Same unofficial endpoint, two clients — scanner is the lighter build |
| parivahan-py | Adds a stolen-status check on top of RC |
| anmolrajpal/vehicle-info | Hits the NR-services endpoint directly, no browser |
| rc-dl-DL-details-webscraper | Raw RC and DL flow, not a polished wrapper |
| fatalcoder524/indian-vehicle-info · ps011/vehicle-details-api | CLI + Flask, and a Node API — owner, RTO, chassis, engine, fuel |
| registration_info.py | One-file gist, drops straight into any script |
| VehicleInfoOCR | Point a camera at the plate; ad-free, self-hosted |
No install: Analysis.wtf (Discord) · @vehicle_details_bot · @VehicleDetailsBot · Vehicle-Info-Bot (self-host)
🛞 No plate? Come in sideways
| Have this | Get the vehicle |
|---|---|
| A phone number | Registered mobile maps back to the RC [1] |
| A FASTag / UPI trace | upi-recon.py — the payment rail is the softest way in |
| An engine / chassis number | Reverse-RC lookups pivot from the metal, not the plate |
💸 The middlemen — same data, metered (don't pay these)
All resell the same VAHAN records, priced per hit:
Deepvue · Surepass · Attestr · Eko · InstantPay · Equal · Indiconnect · Tutelar · Cashfree · Airpay · HDFC Karza · IDfy · IDSPay · AmyGB · Arya.ai · DH BOSS · APIclub · every RapidAPI “RTO” listing · carregistrationapi.in
Browser skins on the same well: CarInfo · VahanX · Rcinfo.in · VahanDetails · My Motor · Itzeazy
The records were never theirs to sell. Tap the source.
Telegram data-broker bots run this off leaked / user-submitted DBs — rotating, unnamed, accuracy is a coin-flip. The clean commercial versions exist but are paid, so they’re not listed here. ↩︎
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