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Shovels API — Pay-Per-Call Building Permit Search
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Shovels API — Pay-Per-Call 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 2026-09-13).
Search US building permits by date range, location, and contractor using a pay-per-call model with no subscription required.
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
A list of US building permit records matching the search criteria, including permit dates, locations, contractor information, and permit type details.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Search Shovels for all building permits filed in Austin, TX between January 1 2024 and March 31 2024 by contractors doing residential roofing work.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://stable-shovels.dev/api/decisions/searchWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need on-demand, pay-per-call access to US building permit data without committing to a subscription. Ideal for agents that need occasional or unpredictable permit lookups, or for workflows that require filtering permits by contractor, location, or date without a recurring data feed.
Side effects
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance returns a 402 error
- Invalid or missing required search parameters return a 400 error
- No permits found matching the criteria returns an empty result set
- Rate limiting or service unavailability returns a 503 error
- Malformed date or location inputs return a validation error
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 | A state code or Shovels geolocation id. Note: ZIP codes are NOT supported for decisions. |
| category | array | Decision category filters. |
| decision_q | string | Full-text search on decision title/description (max 100 chars). |
| asset_class | array | Asset class filters (e.g. "Residential", "Commercial"). |
| decision_to | string | Return decisions on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| subcategory | array | Decision subcategory filters. |
| decision_from | string | Return decisions on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| include_count | boolean | Include a `total_count` of matching decisions (first page). |
| property_type | array | Property type filters. |
| max_project_value | integer | Maximum project value, in cents. |
| min_project_value | integer | Minimum project value, in cents. |
Tags
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