# TABC Opening Soon: Texas New Liquor License Applications (`atlasagent99/tabc-opening-soon`) Actor

Pending new Texas liquor license applications (TABC open data): soon-to-open bars, restaurants and stores with trade name, address, county, license type and submission date. For beverage distributors, POS, insurance and supply vendors.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/atlasagent99/tabc-opening-soon.md
- **Developed by:** [Texasbread](https://apify.com/atlasagent99) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## TABC Opening Soon: Texas New Liquor License Applications

Find Texas bars, restaurants and stores **before they open**. This Actor pulls pending new liquor license applications from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) public open dataset on data.texas.gov (dataset `mxm5-tdpj`) and returns **one row per business**, with all license types merged.

### Who it's for

Beverage distributors, POS and payments providers, insurance agents, restaurant-supply and equipment vendors, staffing and cleaning services: anyone who sells to hospitality businesses and wants to reach them before opening day.

### What you get

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| businessName | Trade name on the application |
| owner | Owning company (business entities only) |
| address, city, county | Location of the premises |
| licenseTypes | TABC license/permit codes (e.g. MB, BG, BQ, FB) |
| applicationStatuses | Current status(es), e.g. Received, Pending – In Review |
| submissionDate | Date the application was submitted |

### Input

- **City** (optional), e.g. `Austin`
- **County** (optional), e.g. `Travis`
- **License types** (optional), list of TABC codes
- **Submitted within last N days** (default 30, max 365)
- **Max results** (0 = no limit)

### Privacy

Phone numbers and individual people's names are never output. The owner field is shown only when the applicant is a business entity.

### Pricing

Pay per result: you are charged for each business row written to the dataset. The Actor stops automatically when your spending limit is reached.

### Data source and freshness

Official Texas Open Data portal (Socrata API), allowed by the portal's robots.txt. Results are only as fresh as TABC's published dataset.

### Questions or a missing feature?

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `city` (type: `string`):

Optional, e.g. Austin

## `county` (type: `string`):

Optional, e.g. Travis

## `licenseTypes` (type: `array`):

Optional TABC codes, e.g. MB, BG, BQ

## `submittedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Date window (application submission date).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

0 = no limit

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "city": "Austin",
  "licenseTypes": [],
  "submittedWithinDays": 30,
  "maxItems": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "city": "Austin"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("atlasagent99/tabc-opening-soon").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "city": "Austin" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("atlasagent99/tabc-opening-soon").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "city": "Austin"
}' |
apify call atlasagent99/tabc-opening-soon --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,atlasagent99/tabc-opening-soon"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/9mB7BTlVrkpo7scGl/builds/7Gi4AsmfcvD1ZHeMO/openapi.json