Honda & Acura US Public API — Platform Overview

Honda and Acura share the same underlying Hawk Platform backend — the same endpoint structure, field naming conventions, and response structures — deployed at two separate domains:

Brand	Domain
Honda	automobiles.honda.com
Acura	www.acura.com

All endpoints are unauthenticated GET requests returning JSON. Per-endpoint documentation:

• Dealer Locator — GET /platform/api/v1/dealer
• Inventory and Dealers — GET /platform/api/v3/inventoryAndDealers
• Vehicle Details — GET /platform/api/v1/vehicles/details/{year}/{series}
• Specials — GET /platform/api/v1/specials
• RAQ Taxonomy — GET /platform/api/v1/vehicles/taxonomy/raq
• Configurator — GET /platform/api/v1/vehicles/{year}/{SERIES}/configurator (Acura only)

Postman: Honda public APIs · Acura public APIs

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Endpoint Overview

Both brands hit the same routes on their respective hosts; the only per-brand input is productDivisionCode (A = Honda, B = Acura) on the dealer endpoint. The ingestion uses one shared client per endpoint, parameterized by host/division.

Endpoint	Honda	Acura
Dealer Locator	GET /platform/api/v1/dealer?productDivisionCode=A	GET /platform/api/v1/dealer?productDivisionCode=B
Inventory + Dealers	GET /platform/api/v3/inventoryAndDealers	GET /platform/api/v3/inventoryAndDealers
Vehicle Details	GET /platform/api/v1/vehicles/details/{year}/{series}	GET /platform/api/v1/vehicles/details/{year}/{series}
Specials	GET /platform/api/v1/specials	GET /platform/api/v1/specials
RAQ Taxonomy	GET /platform/api/v1/vehicles/taxonomy/raq	GET /platform/api/v1/vehicles/taxonomy/raq
Configurator	—	GET /platform/api/v1/vehicles/{year}/{SERIES}/configurator

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Bot Protection

All Honda and Acura endpoints are protected by Akamai Bot Manager. Plain HTTP clients receive 403 or 429 responses. Successful access requires:

1. Browser TLS impersonation via curl_cffi with a browser impersonation profile
2. Seed-URL warmup — an initial GET to the endpoint-specific tool page to obtain ak_bmsc / bm_sv session cookies
3. Subsequent API requests must carry those session cookies

The protection operates at the TLS fingerprint level; changing User-Agent alone is insufficient.

Seed URLs by endpoint:

Endpoint	Honda seed URL	Acura seed URL
Dealer Locator	…/tools/find-a-dealer	…/dealer-locator-inventory
Inventory + Dealers	…/tools/search-inventory	…/dealer-locator-inventory
Vehicle Details	…/{series} (e.g. /civic-sedan)	…/{series} (e.g. /rdx)
Specials	…/ (home)	…/ (home)
RAQ Taxonomy	…/tools/build-and-price	…/tools/build-and-price-luxury-vehicles-selection-page

CDN-bypass exception

The RAQ taxonomy catalog endpoint (both brands) is served from CDN cache and does not trigger a bot challenge on cache hits, provided Referer and sec-fetch-* headers are present. No seed-URL cookie warmup is needed for it.

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Model Series

Honda 2026

accord-sedan, civic-hatchback, civic-sedan, civic-si-sedan, civic-type-r,
cr-v, cr-v-fcev, hr-v, odyssey, passport, pilot, prelude, prologue, ridgeline

14 active series. Used as modelGroup in inventory and {series} in vehicle details.

Acura 2026

Slug	Model
adx	ADX
integra	Integra
mdx	MDX
rdx	RDX

4 active series. Configurator uses the uppercase slug (e.g. INTEGRA, RDX).

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Dagster Asset Keys

Honda

Asset	Key
Raw dealer locator	honda/us/raw/honda_auto_api_dealers
Raw inventory + dealers	honda/us/raw/honda_auto_api_inventory_and_dealers
Raw vehicle details	honda/us/raw/honda_auto_api_vehicles_details
Raw specials	honda/us/raw/honda_auto_api_specials
Raw RAQ taxonomy	honda/us/raw/honda_auto_api_taxonomy_raq

Acura

Asset	Key
Raw dealer locator	honda/us/raw/acura_auto_api_dealers
Raw inventory + dealers	honda/us/raw/acura_auto_api_inventory_and_dealers
Raw vehicle details	honda/us/raw/acura_auto_api_vehicles_details
Raw configurator	honda/us/raw/acura_auto_api_configurator
Raw specials	honda/us/raw/acura_auto_api_specials
Raw RAQ taxonomy	honda/us/raw/acura_auto_api_taxonomy_raq

Consolidated (shared)

Asset	Key
Consolidated dealers	honda/us/consolidated/dealers
Consolidated inventory	honda/us/consolidated/inventory
Consolidated models	honda/us/consolidated/models
Consolidated features	honda/us/consolidated/features