You can access the NYC Building Permits Scraper (DOB) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "borough": "BROOKLYN",
10    "keywords": ["renovation"],
11    "workType": "General Construction",
12    "maxResults": 100,
13}
14
15# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16run = client.actor("polychrome_haymow/nyc-dob-permits").call(run_input=run_input)
17
18# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
19print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
20for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
21    print(item)
22
23# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

NYC Building Permits Scraper (DOB) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use NYC Building Permits Scraper (DOB) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

NYC Building Permits Scraper (DOB) API in JavaScript

NYC Building Permits Scraper (DOB) API through CLI

NYC Building Permits Scraper (DOB) OpenAPI definition

NYC Building Permits Scraper (DOB) API

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Fresh building permits from official city open-data APIs, normalized into one lead schema: work type, project cost, address and contacts (owner, contractors). Chicago, NYC, Austin, Seattle — more cities on request. Legal, no anti-bot.