# LA / West Hollywood Film & TV Permits (`civicdataforge/la-film-permits`) Actor Every West Hollywood (greater-LA) film, TV, and commercial production permit: shoot address, coordinates, date, category, and production company. From West Hollywood Open Data, updated continuously. - **URL**: https://apify.com/civicdataforge/la-film-permits.md - **Developed by:** [Bryan](https://apify.com/civicdataforge) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, MCP servers - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. 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In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## LA / West Hollywood Film & TV Production Permits Every film, television, commercial, and still-photo production permit issued in **West Hollywood** — the Sunset Strip / Santa Monica Blvd core of greater Los Angeles and one of the most-filmed square miles on Earth — with the field that matters most: **the exact shoot address (plus lat/lon).** > Note: The City of Los Angeles proper does **not** publish an open citywide film-permit feed > (permits run through FilmLA's proprietary MyFilmLA system). West Hollywood is the current, > machine-readable LA-area production-permit source, updated continuously. ### What you get per permit | field | example | |---|---| | `permit_no` | `M-555128` | | `production` | `She's Fine` | | `production_company` | `20th Television` | | `category` | `TV Episodic` | | `address` | `627 La Peer Drive` | | `latitude` / `longitude` | `34.08157` / `-118.38665` | | `date` | shoot date | | `raw` | full original record | ### Who uses this - **Location scouts & production-services firms** — see exactly where productions shoot and when. - **Businesses & residents near shoots** — anticipate street activity and parking impact. - **Real-estate & retail** — foot-traffic and disruption signals along Sunset/Santa Monica. - **Journalists & industry analysts** — production-activity trends by category and company. ### Input examples All recent: `{ "since": "2026-01-01" }` · TV Reality: `{ "category": "TV Reality" }` · By studio: `{ "company": "20th Television" }` ### Source & cadence City of West Hollywood Open Data "WeHo Filming Activity" (data.weho.org), CC0 public domain, no login. ~1,850 permits from 2008 to present, updated continuously — re-run for the latest. # Actor input Schema ## `category` (type: `string`): Filter by production category, e.g. TV Reality, TV Episodic, Feature, Commercial, Documentary, Music Video, Still. Case-insensitive exact match. Leave empty for all. ## `company` (type: `string`): Filter to permits whose production company name contains this text (case-insensitive), e.g. '20th Television'. Leave empty for all. ## `since` (type: `string`): Only permits on/after this ISO date (e.g. 2026-01-01). Leave empty for all history back to 2008. ## `until` (type: `string`): Only permits on/before this ISO date (e.g. 2026-12-31). Leave empty for no upper bound. ## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`): Cap total records returned (leave empty for all matching permits). ## Actor input object example ```json {} ```` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("civicdataforge/la-film-permits").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("civicdataforge/la-film-permits").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call civicdataforge/la-film-permits --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=civicdataforge/la-film-permits", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "LA / West Hollywood Film & TV Permits", "description": "Every West Hollywood (greater-LA) film, TV, and commercial production permit: shoot address, coordinates, date, category, and production company. From West Hollywood Open Data, updated continuously.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "KHkAlhPBBSkk0npm5" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/civicdataforge~la-film-permits/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-civicdataforge-la-film-permits", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/civicdataforge~la-film-permits/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-civicdataforge-la-film-permits", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/civicdataforge~la-film-permits/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-civicdataforge-la-film-permits", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "category": { "title": "Category", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by production category, e.g. TV Reality, TV Episodic, Feature, Commercial, Documentary, Music Video, Still. Case-insensitive exact match. Leave empty for all." }, "company": { "title": "Production company", "type": "string", "description": "Filter to permits whose production company name contains this text (case-insensitive), e.g. '20th Television'. Leave empty for all." }, "since": { "title": "Date from", "type": "string", "description": "Only permits on/after this ISO date (e.g. 2026-01-01). Leave empty for all history back to 2008." }, "until": { "title": "Date to", "type": "string", "description": "Only permits on/before this ISO date (e.g. 2026-12-31). Leave empty for no upper bound." }, "maxRecords": { "title": "Max records", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap total records returned (leave empty for all matching permits)." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```