Search development permits

GET/development_permit

Parameters

Parameter	Type		Description
`municipality`	string	optional
`q`	string	optional	Full-text search across data fields. Space-separated words require all terms (e.g. "wood panel"). Use OR to match any term ("wood OR panel OR acoustic"), quotes for exact phrases ("supply arrangement"), and a leading minus to exclude ("software -hardware").
`permit_type`	string	optional	Filter by permit type (partial match)
`status_canonical`	string	optional	Normalized permit status: issued, in_review, completed, expired, cancelled, unknown
`issued_after`	string	optional	Filter by date >= YYYY-MM-DD (issued_date)
`issued_before`	string	optional	Filter by date <= YYYY-MM-DD
`lat`	number	optional	Latitude for proximity search
`lng`	number	optional	Longitude for proximity search
`radius_km`	number	optional	Radius in km (requires lat and lng, max 25)
`sort_by`	string	optional	Sort field: published (publication_date for tenders, award_date for contracts), date (event date), value (contract/agreement value), closing (closing_date for tenders)
`sort_order`	string	optional	Sort order: asc or desc
`limit`	integer	optional
`offset`	integer	optional
`cursor`	string	optional	Pagination cursor from next_cursor in a previous response. Use instead of offset for deep pagination.

Request

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/development_permit' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY'

import requests

url = "https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/development_permit"
headers = {"x-rapidapi-host": "builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com", "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY"}
resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(resp.json())

const res = await fetch("https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/development_permit", {
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-host": "builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com",
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/development_permit");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "x-rapidapi-host: builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com",
    "x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
]);
echo curl_exec($ch);

require "net/http"
require "uri"

uri = URI("https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/development_permit")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-rapidapi-host"] = "builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com"
req["x-rapidapi-key"] = "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
puts res.body

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/development_permit", nil)
    req.Header.Add("x-rapidapi-host", "builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com")
    req.Header.Add("x-rapidapi-key", "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY")
    res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer res.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

HttpRequest req = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com/development_permit"))
    .header("x-rapidapi-host", "builddata-canadian-construction-data-api.p.rapidapi.com")
    .header("x-rapidapi-key", "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY")
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> res = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(req, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(res.body());

Example response

{
  "entity_type": "permit",
  "count": 1,
  "offset": 0,
  "results": [
    {
      "record_id": "24 223023 PLB:00",
      "municipality": "toronto",
      "lat": 43.65401,
      "lng": -79.42376,
      "work": "Building Permit Related(PS)",
      "status": "Permit Issued",
      "address": "865 COLLEGE ST",
      "description": "Plumbing - INTERIOR ALTERNATION OF 3RD FLOOR SUITE",
      "issued_date": "2025-01-29",
      "permit_type": "Plumbing(PS)",
      "application_date": "2024-10-07",
      "construction_value": null
    }
  ]
}

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