DealerRater for Developers

Dealer Employees Collection

This is a dealer-oriented API that can be used to retrieve a list of internet and sales department employees for one or more dealers. The API only supports the GET verb (fetching data). Note that the results of this API are cached on the DealerRater servers for optimization purposes (as such, new and/or updated employees might not be available through this API for a short while). The returned list is sorted by the total number of reviews the employees are tagged on in descending order (so the employee with the most reviews is first, and the one with the least is last). Matching review counts are ordered (secondarily) by the employee's name.

/ConnectionsEmployees

Common Request Parameters

All APIs support the following request parameters, in addition to any API specific parameters.

ParameterDescriptionExample
t json or xml. Identifies if you want to communicate in JSON or XML format. t=xml
s Your DealerRater supplied security token. This must be sent with every request. s=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
method GET, INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE. Identifies the REST verb. method=GET

GET

Use the GET verb to retrieve employee information for one or more dealers.

Request Parameters

ParameterDescriptionExampleDefault
dealerIds The ID(s) of the dealerships to fetch employees for, in a comma separated format. dealerIds=1,2,3,4 N/A
includeAllDepartments Return employees from all departments, or just Sales & Internet. includeAllDepartments=true false (only returns Sales & Internet employees by default)

Get dealer employees for SPC lead

ParameterDescriptionExampleDefault
make The make of the vehicle make=Acura N/A
model The model of the vehicle model=MDX N/A
condition The condition of the vehicle condition=new or condition=used Optional

Request XML/JSON

This API does not accept XML or JSON data in the request.

Response

The API will respond with an XML or JSON document with the employees for one or more dealers. A sample XML response is indicated in the code block below, with a downloadable sample mock provided in either XML or JSON format. Note that the response document will include references to the following object types:

EntityDescription
ConnectionsEmployeeDefines a single internet or sales employee in the system.

INSERT

This API does not support the INSERT verb.

UPDATE

This API does not support the UPDATE verb.

DELETE

This API does not support the DELETE verb.