Chicago Restaurant Inspections

Get fresh Chicago restaurant health inspection results from the official City of Chicago open-data API, including business name, facility type, risk level, inspection date, address, and Pass/Fail result.

What this Actor does

This Actor queries Chicago's official Socrata dataset for food inspections and returns clean records with:

• inspection ID and business name,
• facility type and risk level,
• inspection date, type, and result (Pass/Fail/Conditions),
• address and geolocation,
• source link,
• simplified result category.

Official source:

• https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/4ijn-s7e5.json

Who it is for

• restaurant owners and managers tracking their compliance record,
• food industry researchers analyzing health trends,
• health compliance consultants,
• commercial brokers assessing areas by restaurant quality.

Input

{
  "startDate": "2026-06-01",
  "endDate": "2026-07-04",
  "results": ["Fail", "Pass w/ Conditions"],
  "facilityTypes": ["Restaurant"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

All filters are optional except maxItems.

Output example

{
  "inspectionId": "2639280",
  "businessName": "TEST RESTAURANT INC",
  "facilityType": "Restaurant",
  "risk": "Risk 1 (High)",
  "address": "100 N STATE ST",
  "city": "CHICAGO",
  "inspectionDate": "2026-07-01",
  "inspectionType": "Canvass",
  "result": "Pass",
  "resultType": "pass",
  "latitude": 41.8827,
  "longitude": -87.6278,
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.cityofchicago.org/Food-Health/Food-Inspections/4ijn-s7e5/2639280",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-04T12:00:00+00:00"
}

Result types

• pass: Pass
• fail: Fail
• conditional: Pass w/ Conditions
• other: Business Not Located, No Entry, Not Ready, Out of Business
• unknown: missing result

Responsible use

This Actor uses public food inspection data from the City of Chicago. Use the output responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws.

Limitations

• Not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Chicago.
• Dataset fields depend on the official source and may be blank for some records.
• Result categories are simplified from the source; always verify results against the source URL.

Development

python3 -m pytest tests/test_chicago_inspections.py -q

npx apify-cli run

Changelog

• v0.1.0 — Initial Chicago restaurant inspection extraction from official Socrata API.