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Real estate · 14th of 14 by usage

Chicago Building Permits Scraper

Scrape City of Chicago building permit records from the public Socrata Open Data API. Search by permit type, work type, status, community area, ward, date range, or work description. Lookup by permit number(s) or by street address for full permit history.

Price
$0.005 per result
Runs to date
34
Teams using it
2
Last updated
2026-08-18

Run it from the API

POST · run and wait for the datasetcURL
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawlerbros~chicago-building-permits-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "maxItems": 50 }' \
  -G --data-urlencode "token=$APIFY_TOKEN"

Billed $0.005 per result. The call returns the dataset directly, so there is nothing to poll for a run of this size.

Chicago Building Permits Scraper vs the other Real estate scrapers

All 14 are ours and all are maintained, so the choice is about fit rather than quality. None of them cost less per result.

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