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Auto Body Shop Directory vs Helipaddy sites
Auto Body Shop Directory lists more than 81,000 collision repair and auto body shops across the United States, searchable by ZIP code, city, or coordinates. The keyless API returns JSON across five public endpoints, including city search and single-shop profile lookups. It is a free directory service with no paid tier; listings that use the data should credit AutoBodyShopNear.com.
Helipaddy's Partner API returns nearby helicopter, EVTOL, and drone landing sites — hotels, aerodromes, pubs, and B&Bs with helipads — as JSON, gated to a per-partner category allow-list. A live GET and OPTIONS preflight against its real API host, helipaddy.com/wp-json/hp-partner/v1/sites, both echoed access-control-allow-origin back with the request Origin, resolving the stored "unknown" cors to "yes"; the GET returned a "hp_partner_api_invalid_key" 401 error, reconfirming auth "API Key" over HTTPS. Partner tokens are issued manually via WhatsApp/email under a negotiated agreement with no public self-serve tier — paid.
| Auto Body Shop Directory | Helipaddy sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | API Key |
| Pricing | free | paid |
| Formats | JSON | JSON |
| CORS | no | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
Auto Body Shop Directory needs no API key, while Helipaddy sites requires API Key — pick Auto Body Shop Directory to start without signup.