APIs/Connected Vehicle APIVersion 1
APIs/Connected Vehicle APIVersion 1

Engine

Get engine status

Vehicle’s latest engine status value.

get

https://api.volvocars.com/connected-vehicle/v1/vehicles/{vin}/engine-status

Scopes

  • openid

  • conve:engine_status

Headers

KeyDescription

Key

accept

Description

The mediatype of what should be returned. The valid values are: application/vnd.volvocars.api.connected-vehicle.vehicledata.v1+json

Key

authorization

Description

The access token issued by Volvo ID identity system.

Key

vcc-api-key

Description

Your application’s VCC API Key.
All these header values are mandatory. They must exist in every request.

Response body

The response’s data node provides the details for the queried vehicle data.

FieldDescription

Field

engineRunning.value

Description

The latest retrieved engine-status value. Possible values: RUNNING, STOPPED.

Field

engineRunning.timestamp

Description

Timestamp in ISO-8601 format when the value has been last retrieved from the vehicle.

Examples

curl -v -X GET 'https://api.volvocars.com/connected-vehicle/v1/vehicles/{vin}/engine-status' \
-H 'accept: application/vnd.volvocars.api.connected-vehicle.vehicledata.v1+json' \
-H 'authorization: Bearer <your-access-token>' \
-H 'vcc-api-key: <your-vcc-api-key>'

Start engine

Breaking changes planned. This endpoint will be replaced in the next version.

Command used to start the engine of the vehicle.

post

https://api.volvocars.com/connected-vehicle/v1/vehicles/{vin}/commands/engine-start

Scopes

  • openid

  • conve:engine_start_stop

Headers

KeyDescription

Key

content-type

Description

The mediatype of what should be returned. The valid values are: application/vnd.volvocars.api.connected-vehicle.enginestart.v1+json

Key

authorization

Description

The access token issued by Volvo ID identity system.

Key

vcc-api-key

Description

Your application’s VCC API Key.
All these header values are mandatory. They must exist in every request.

Request body

The request body data needed to perform the invocation command is runtimeMinutes. This is the time in minutes engine will be running. Is required for engine start and can maximum be set to 15 minutes.

Response body

The response’s data node provides the details for the queried request.

FieldDescription

Field

status

Description

Response status code.

Field

operationId

Description

Id to log and track the request.

Field

async.status

Description

Status of the request sent to the car. Possible values: RUNNING, WAITING, COMPLETED, REJECTED, UNKNOWN, TIMEOUT, CONNECTION_FAILURE, VEHICLE_IN_SLEEP, UNLOCK_TIME_FRAME_PASSED, UNABLE_TO_LOCK_DOOR_OPEN.

Field

async.id

Description

Request id.

Field

async.href

Description

URL of the request to see the details and status of the command.

Field

async.expires

Description

The expiry date for getting the details about the request. The invocation log is stored for one year.

Examples

curl -v -X POST 'https://api.volvocars.com/connected-vehicle/v1/vehicles/{vin}/commands/engine-start' \
-H 'content-type: application/vnd.volvocars.api.connected-vehicle.enginestart.v1+json' \
-H 'authorization: Bearer <your-access-token>' \
-H 'vcc-api-key: <your-vcc-api-key>' \
-d '{\"runtimeMinutes\":10}'

Body

{
  "runtimeMinutes": 10
}

Stop engine

Breaking changes planned. This endpoint will be replaced in the next version.

Command used to stop the engine of the vehicle.

post

https://api.volvocars.com/connected-vehicle/v1/vehicles/{vin}/commands/engine-stop

Scopes

  • openid

  • conve:engine_start_stop

Headers

KeyDescription

Key

content-type

Description

The mediatype of what should be returned. The valid values are: application/vnd.volvocars.api.connected-vehicle.enginestop.v1+json

Key

authorization

Description

The access token issued by Volvo ID identity system.

Key

vcc-api-key

Description

Your application’s VCC API Key.
All these header values are mandatory. They must exist in every request.

Request body

The request body data needed to perform the invocation command is NONE.

Response body

The response’s data node provides the details for the queried request.

FieldDescription

Field

status

Description

Response status code.

Field

operationId

Description

Id to log and track the request.

Field

async.status

Description

Status of the request sent to the car. Possible values: RUNNING, WAITING, COMPLETED, REJECTED, UNKNOWN, TIMEOUT, CONNECTION_FAILURE, VEHICLE_IN_SLEEP, UNLOCK_TIME_FRAME_PASSED, UNABLE_TO_LOCK_DOOR_OPEN.

Field

async.id

Description

Request id.

Field

async.href

Description

URL of the request to see the details and status of the command.

Field

async.expires

Description

The expiry date for getting the details about the request. The invocation log is stored for one year.

Examples

curl -v -X POST 'https://api.volvocars.com/connected-vehicle/v1/vehicles/{vin}/commands/engine-stop' \
-H 'content-type: application/vnd.volvocars.api.connected-vehicle.enginestop.v1+json' \
-H 'authorization: Bearer <your-access-token>' \
-H 'vcc-api-key: <your-vcc-api-key>' \
-d ''

Engine/Get engine status