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Socrata / Chicago Building Permits

Scrape data from any Socrata (SODA) open data portal, including Chicago Building Permits. Supports custom datasets, SoQL filters, pagination, sorting, and column selection. Export raw records to the Apify dataset, making it ideal for building permits, inspections, and 311 requests.

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Socrata / Chicago Building Permits — Apify Actor

A generic Socrata (SODA) scraper

Input

Field	Default	Notes
`domain`	`data.cityofchicago.org`	Any Socrata host
`dataset`	`ydr8-5enu`	Socrata 4x4 dataset id
`permitType`	`Any`	Filter on `permit_type` (Chicago permits only)
`where`	—	Raw SoQL `$where` (advanced). Overrides `permitType`
`select`	all columns	Comma-separated `$select` columns
`order`	`issue_date DESC`	Socrata `$order` clause
`pageSize`	`1000`	Rows per request (max 50000)
`maxResults`	`1000`	Total rows across pages (`0` = all available)
`startOffset`	`0`	Row offset to start from (resume)
`appToken`	— (secret)	Optional Socrata app token
`impersonate`	`chrome`	curl_cffi fingerprint
`minInterval`	`0`	Min seconds between page requests
`proxyConfiguration`	proxy off	Enable only if rate-limited

`permitType` values (Chicago building permits)

Label	`permit_type` value
Signs	`PERMIT - SIGNS`
Renovation / Alteration	`PERMIT - RENOVATION/ALTERATION`
New construction	`PERMIT - NEW CONSTRUCTION`
Electrical work	`PERMIT - ELECTRIC WIRING`
Elevator equipment	`PERMIT - ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT`
Wrecking / Demolition	`PERMIT - WRECKING/DEMOLITION`
Easy permit process	`PERMIT - EASY PERMIT PROCESS`
Porch construction	`PERMIT - PORCH CONSTRUCTION`
Scaffolding	`PERMIT - SCAFFOLDING`

For anything richer (date ranges, cost thresholds, multiple types) use a raw SoQL clause in where, e.g.:

issue_date > '2024-01-01' AND permit_type IN('PERMIT - SIGNS','PERMIT - SCAFFOLDING')

When where is set it takes precedence and permitType is ignored.

Using it against other Socrata portals

Set domain + dataset to any SODA endpoint and clear permitType (it only applies to the building-permits schema). Also update order to a column that exists in your dataset. Examples:

Chicago food inspections — data.cityofchicago.org / 4ijn-s7e5
NYC 311 — data.cityofnewyork.us / erm2-nwe9

Behaviour

Pages with Socrata $offset / $limit until maxResults or a short page.
Each row is pushed to the default dataset as the raw Socrata record.
Stops early on empty page, bot-wall (BlockedError), or request error.
curl_cffi calls run via asyncio.to_thread so the actor loop isn't blocked.

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