# This month's permits in three cities, with contractors

**Use case:** 

Everything issued in the last thirty days in New York, Chicago and Calgary: the work, the address with coordinates, the declared value and the company that pulled the permit. Suppliers, roofers, solar installers and equipment rental use exactly this list, and it refreshes the day a permit is issued.

## Input

```json
{
  "cities": [
    "new-york",
    "chicago",
    "calgary"
  ],
  "issuedSince": "30 days",
  "issuedUntil": "",
  "onlyNew": false,
  "watchKey": "",
  "keyword": "",
  "permitTypes": [],
  "statuses": [],
  "contractor": "",
  "minValue": 0,
  "maxResultsPerCity": 1000
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "city": {
    "label": "City",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "issuedDate": {
    "label": "Issued",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "permitType": {
    "label": "Permit type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "value": {
    "label": "Declared value",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "address": {
    "label": "Address",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "contractor": {
    "label": "Contractor",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "What the work is",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Building Permits Scraper — Construction & Contractor Leads Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "This month's permits in three cities, with contractors". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/jZ0UpqyTjTbdoCEfW) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "This month's permits in three cities, with contractors" task

The Building Permits Scraper — Construction & Contractor Leads Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like cities, issued since, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "This month's permits in three cities, with contractors" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as city, issued, permit type, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "This month's permits in three cities, with contractors" task via API](https://apify.com/chorelet/building-permits-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Building Permits Scraper — Construction & Contractor Leads](https://apify.com/chorelet/building-permits-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/chorelet/building-permits-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/chorelet/building-permits-scraper.md

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`).