Shovels API — Building Permit Search

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Shovels API — Building Permit Search is a paid API for AI agents from stable-shovels.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.5/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15, last successful call 2026-07-13).

Search US building permits by date range, location, and contractor with pay-per-call pricing via x402/USDC

Price / call$0.5

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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, locations, contractor names, permit types, and related metadata for permits matching the specified date, location, and contractor filters.

Example use cases

Track competitor construction activity by location

“Search Shovels for all building permits filed in the Denver metro area over the last six months and show me which contractors pulled the most permits.”

Find active electrical contractors in a region

“Look up building permits on Shovels for electrical work filed in California's Bay Area zip codes 94301 through 94306 in the past year to identify contractors doing that type of work.”

Monitor renovation permits for real estate leads

“Search Shovels for residential renovation and remodeling permits filed in Miami-Dade County in the last 90 days and give me the contractor names and permit dates.”

Technical details

Endpoint

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

When to prefer

Use this endpoint when you need on-demand, no-subscription access to US building permit data and want to pay only per query. Ideal for agents that need occasional permit lookups without committing to a monthly plan, or for workflows where permit searches are infrequent. Best suited for searches scoped by geography, contractor, and date range.

Side effects

Payment not included or insufficient USDC — returns HTTP 402 requiring x402 payment
Invalid or missing search parameters — returns 400 bad request
No permits found matching the filters — returns empty results set
Rate limiting or server overload — returns 429 or 503
Location not covered in Shovels dataset — returns empty or partial results

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
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.
geo_id	string	Geographic filter: a state code (e.g. "CA"), a ZIP code, or a Shovels geolocation id (resolve one via the city/county/jurisdiction search endpoints).
permit_q	string	Substring search over permit text (max 50 chars).
permit_to	string	Return permits that started on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
permit_from	string	Return permits that started on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
permit_tags	array	Filter by permit classification tags (e.g. "solar", "roofing"). Prefix a tag with '-' to exclude it.
include_count	boolean	Include a `total_count` of matching permits (first page only).
permit_status	array	Filter by permit status: one or more of final, in_review, inactive, active.
property_type	array	Filter by property type (e.g. "residential", "commercial").
contractor_name	string	Filter by contractor name (min 3 chars).
contractor_license	string	Filter by contractor license number.
permit_min_job_value	number	Only return permits with at least this job value (USD).
permit_has_contractor	boolean	Only return permits that have an associated contractor.

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