Pittsburgh Code Violations Scraper — Distressed Property Leads

The Pittsburgh code violations scraper gives you one row per code violation case for Pittsburgh, PA, straight from the City of Pittsburgh Permits, Licenses & Inspections (PLI) via the official WPRDC open-data API. No login or coding needed: run it in your browser, on a schedule, or through the Apify API, and export results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Pull City of Pittsburgh code violation cases from the Department of Permits, Licenses & Inspections (PLI) through the official WPRDC open data API. The data is updated daily.

What you get

Each result is one violation record, so a caseNumber repeats once per violation cited in that case. Group by caseNumber for one row per case. Fields: case number, property address, parcel ID, case type (Vacant Building, Weeds/Debris, Structure, Refuse...), investigation date and outcome, the inspector's findings, the code section, court date and docket, neighborhood, ward and coordinates.

Use cases

• Real estate investors and wholesalers: find distressed and vacant properties. Join on parcel ID with county assessment data.
• Contractors, roofers, junk removal and landscapers: find properties with open repair orders (the source has no owner names; look up owners in county assessment records).
• Researchers and community groups: track enforcement by neighborhood.

How to scrape Pittsburgh code violations

1. Click Try for free (or Start) on this page. A free Apify account is enough.
2. Leave the prefilled input to get a quick sample, or set the filters described below.
3. Set maxItems to cap how many rows (and how much) a run returns.
4. Click Start and wait a few seconds to a minute.
5. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or connect them to Google Sheets, Zapier, Make or a webhook.

Input

Field	Description
caseTypes	e.g. Vacant Building, Structure
neighborhoods	e.g. Hazelwood
onlyViolationsFound	Default true, which drops unfounded complaints
onlyCourtCases	Keep cases sent to court
investigatedSince	Real YYYY-MM-DD date, default 14 days ago. Invalid dates fail with a clear message.
maxItems	Default 200

Pricing (pay per event)

$4 per 1,000 records ($0.004 each), plus Apify's minimal $0.00005 start fee. Example: the default 200 records cost about $0.80. If a run hits your max charge limit, it stops cleanly and reports how many rows it delivered.

Notes

Public records via the official API. Owner names are not included in the source. Not affiliated with the City of Pittsburgh or WPRDC.

Sample output

{
  "caseNumber": "CF-PLI-2026-067313",
  "address": "1200 HIGHMAN ST, Pittsburgh, PA 15205",
  "parcelId": "0018A00186000000",
  "status": "In Violation",
  "caseType": "Vacant Buildings",
  "investigationDate": "2026-10-09",
  "outcome": "Violation Found",
  "findings": "vacant condemned structure no utilities \n\nviolation present ",
  "violationDescription": null,
  "codeSection": null,
  "codeSectionTitle": null,
  "instructions": null,
  "courtDate": null,
  "docketNumber": null,
  "courtDecision": null,
  "latitude": 40.4328635101,
  "longitude": -80.0466354855,
  "neighborhood": "Westwood",
  "ward": "28",
  "councilDistrict": "2",
  "source": "City of Pittsburgh PLI via WPRDC"
}

Source, license & data caveats

Source: Pittsburgh PLI Violations Report (WPRDC), license Creative Commons CCZero (CC0), refreshed daily by the city. Data is provided as published; findings are the inspector's free text.

FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape Pittsburgh code violations?

You pay $0.004 per result ($4 per 1,000) plus a $0.00005 start fee, and nothing else. Apify's free plan includes $5 of monthly credit, which covers about 1,200 results. See Pricing above for a worked example.

Is it legal to scrape Pittsburgh code violations?

This Actor reads public records from the City of Pittsburgh Permits, Licenses & Inspections (PLI) via the official WPRDC open-data API, using only public endpoints (no login, no CAPTCHA bypass, no private accounts). See the source/license section above for the dataset's terms. You are responsible for how you use the data; this is not legal advice.

How fresh is the data?

Each run reads the source live, so you get whatever the agency has published at that moment. How often the agency updates, and any known lag, is described in the data caveats/notes section above.

Can I use it via API, on a schedule, or with Google Sheets?

Yes. Every Apify Actor has a REST API and client libraries for Python and JavaScript. You can schedule daily or weekly runs, and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n, webhooks, or an AI agent via the Apify MCP server.

I need another city, county or field. Can you add it?

Open an issue on the Issues tab with the city or data source you need. We build new public-records scrapers regularly.

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