Shovels API — Building Permit Address Search

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Shovels API — Building Permit Address Search is a paid API for AI agents from stable-shovels.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15, last successful call 2026-07-13).

Search US building permits by address, date range, and contractor via pay-per-call API with no subscription required

Price / call$0.05

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Success67%

StatusUnknown

How this service works

Pay-per-call access to the Shovels building-permits search API over x402 and MPP. Search US building permits by date, location, and contractor — no accounts, no subscriptions, pay per request.

Output

Returns a list of matching US building permit records including permit dates, addresses, contractor names, permit types, and status information based on the search criteria provided.

Example use cases

Verify contractor permit history

“Look up all building permits pulled by Apex Roofing LLC in the Dallas, TX area over the last two years — I want to see how active they are and what types of jobs they typically do before I hire them.”

Check property renovation activity

“Search for any building permits filed at 4782 Elm Grove Drive, Denver CO in the past five years — I'm buying this house and want to know if there were any major renovations or additions and whether they were properly permitted.”

Scout construction activity nearby

“Find all construction and renovation permits filed within the last six months near 900 Market Street, San Francisco CA — I'm trying to get a sense of how much building activity is happening in that neighborhood right now.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://stable-shovels.dev/api/addresses/search

When to prefer

Use this endpoint when you need on-demand, no-subscription access to US building permit data searchable by address, location, date, or contractor — especially useful for one-off lookups or infrequent queries where paying $0.50 per call via x402/USDC is preferable to maintaining a subscription account.

Side effects

Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance returns 402 Payment Required
Invalid or unrecognized address returns empty results or 400 Bad Request
Date range outside available data coverage returns empty results
Malformed request body returns 422 Unprocessable Entity
Rate limits or server errors return 429 or 500 status codes

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
q	string	The term to search for.
size	integer	Records to return per page (1–100, default 50). Determines the price — each record returned costs one credit.
cursor	string	Pagination cursor — pass the `next_cursor` from a prior page.

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