You can access the German Building Catalog Monitor 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

$echo '{
<  "buyerQuery": "buyer-ready records with source evidence",
<  "taskIntent": "buyer-ready-product-run",
<  "sourceMode": "startUrls",
<  "outputMode": "buyer-ready-records",
<  "startUrls": [],
<  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
<  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
<  "sinceLastRun": false,
<  "deltaMode": true
<}' |
<apify call zentrafoundry/german-construction-permit-monitor --silent --output-dataset

German building catalogs from GovData API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use German Building Catalog Monitor locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

German Building Catalog Monitor API in Python

German Building Catalog Monitor API in JavaScript

German Building Catalog Monitor OpenAPI definition

German Building Catalog Monitor API

GovData Construction Catalog Monitor

zentrafoundry/dach-construction-permit-monitor

GovData CKAN catalogs matching Bebauungsplan. Hamburg/Berlin appear when published. Not issued permits. $0.01 / catalog.

Zentra

SH / HH / NI Planning Catalogs (GovData)

zentrafoundry/municipal-planning-applications-monitor-sh-hh-ni

GovData CKAN Bebauungsplan catalogs for Hamburg, SH, NI. Last run: GutMoor 1 Hamburg. Not issued permits. $0.01.

Zentra

Hamburg Berlin HVAC Permit Leads

zentrafoundry/dach-construction-permit-monitor-roofing-hvac-leads

Hamburg and Berlin open-data construction catalogs for HVAC/roofing keywords. Two cities, not all of DACH. $0.03 / lead.

Zentra

GovData Dataset Freshness Snapshot

zentrafoundry/dataset-freshness-sla-monitoring

GovData CKAN metadata_modified for register packages. A timestamp, not a contractual SLA. $0.01.

Zentra

Supplier Availability from Public Catalogs

zentrafoundry/supplier-availability-api

Read public supplier catalogs for stock/availability fields. Try is a live Shopify feed. No vendor portal. $0.01 / row.

Zentra

Building Permit Leads Scraper

careybrown/permit-signal-scout

Scrape official public building permit datasets for normalized construction project lead signals.

Carey Brown

Socrata Catalog Snapshot

zentrafoundry/open-data-portal-signals

Socrata open-data catalog hits for “building permits”. Metadata, not issued permit rows. $0.01.

Zentra

US Building Permit Aggregator — Multi-City Construction Leads

dizzyvinci/building-permit-aggregator

Pull recent building & construction permits from 9 major US cities in one unified schema. Public open data — contractor leads, construction intelligence, market tracking.