Seattle Building Permits (City of Seattle)

seattleopendata/building-permits

Building, construction, land use and trade permits issued by the City of Seattle: permit number, class, type and description, current status, number of housing units, address, contractor company, applied, issued, expiry and completion dates, estimated project cost, zoning and a link to the permit record. Returns up to 50 rows per call; narrow them with a SoQL where clause.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

City of Seattle (data.seattle.gov)

City of Seattle open data portal (data.seattle.gov). The datasets are published by the City of Seattle under the Public Domain licence the portal declares for each. Served by Eden Engine; not an official City of Seattle product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "seattleopendata/building-permits" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "seattleopendata/building-permits" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "seattleopendata/building-permits", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "seattleopendata/building-permits", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "limit"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many rows to return, 1 to 50. Required."
    },
    "order": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Optional SoQL ordering, for example issueddate DESC. Leave out for the portal's default order."
    },
    "where": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 500,
      "description": "Optional SoQL filter on any column, for example statuscurrent = 'Issued' AND originalzip = '98103'. Column names are those of the returned rows. Leave out for no filter."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Rows to skip, for reading further pages in the order given by `order`. Leave out to start at the first row."
    }
  },
  "description": "Which rows to read.",
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "permitnum"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "link": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Object with `url`, the permit record on the City's portal.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "latitude": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Latitude."
          },
          "longitude": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Longitude."
          },
          "permitnum": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Permit number."
          },
          "issueddate": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Issue date, ISO local time."
          },
          "applieddate": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Application date, ISO local time."
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Description of the work."
          },
          "expiresdate": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Expiry date, ISO local time."
          },
          "originalzip": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ZIP code."
          },
          "permitclass": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Permit class, for example Single Family/Duplex."
          },
          "housingunits": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Housing units, as a decimal string."
          },
          "originalcity": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "City."
          },
          "completeddate": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Completion date, ISO local time."
          },
          "originalstate": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "State."
          },
          "statuscurrent": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Current status, for example Issued, Canceled, Completed."
          },
          "estprojectcost": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Estimated project cost in dollars, as a string."
          },
          "permittypedesc": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Permit type description."
          },
          "originaladdress1": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Street address."
          },
          "permittypemapped": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Permit type group."
          },
          "permitclassmapped": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Residential or Non-Residential."
          },
          "contractorcompanyname": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Contractor company, when named."
          }
        },
        "description": "One row.",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "One entry per row; empty when the filter matches nothing."
    }
  },
  "description": "The rows the portal returned, in the portal's order.",
  "additionalProperties": false
}