Ev Charging Station Scraper

Overview

The EV Charging Station Scraper extracts electric vehicle charging station data from the OpenChargeMap API, the world's largest open database of EV charging locations. This actor provides structured data about station names, charging networks, connector types, power levels, pricing, addresses, and availability for EV drivers, fleet managers, and transportation planners.

Features

• Fetches charging station data from the OpenChargeMap API
• Search by any city, state, or address with configurable radius
• Filter by charging network (Tesla, ChargePoint, EVgo, Blink, etc.)
• Extracts connector types, power levels, and number of charging points
• Includes GPS coordinates for mapping and routing applications
• Automatic geocoding of location names to coordinates via Nominatim

Input Configuration

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
location	string	Dallas, TX	City and state to search near
radius	integer	25	Search radius in miles
networks	array	["tesla", "chargepoint"]	Filter by charging network names
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum number of stations to return

Output Format

Each charging station in the dataset contains the following fields:

• stationName - Name or title of the charging station
• network - Charging network operator (Tesla, ChargePoint, etc.)
• connectorTypes - Available connector types (CCS, CHAdeMO, J1772, Tesla)
• powerLevel - Power output in kW for each connector
• pricing - Charging cost information when available
• address - Full street address
• availability - Current operational status
• latitude - GPS latitude coordinate
• longitude - GPS longitude coordinate
• distanceMiles - Distance from search location
• numberOfPoints - Number of charging points at the station
• dataSource - Data source attribution (OpenChargeMap)
• apiEndpoint - The API endpoint URL used

Use Cases

This scraper serves EV owners planning road trips, fleet operators managing electric vehicle logistics, city planners analyzing charging infrastructure coverage, real estate developers evaluating EV readiness of properties, and app developers integrating charging station data. The GPS coordinates enable integration with mapping services for route planning and coverage analysis.

API Reference

This actor uses the OpenChargeMap API which provides free access to a crowdsourced database of over 300,000 charging stations worldwide. No API key is required for basic usage. Data is contributed and verified by the EV community.

Limitations

• Pricing data is not available for all stations and may be outdated
• Real-time availability status depends on network reporting
• Some newer stations may not yet be in the OpenChargeMap database
• Connector and power level details depend on community contributions
• The free API tier has rate limits that may affect very large requests