API docs

Data dictionary

Every field the API serves, one page per table. Each field has its type, what it means and the places whose records fill it. A field a place does not publish is blank there.

Tables

  • Permit fields

    247 fields

    One row per permit, served by /v1/permits and /v1/regions/{region}/permits/{permit_number}. A field a place does not publish is blank there.

  • Contractor licence fields

    40 fields

    One row per licence, served by /v1/contractors and /v1/contractors/{id}. Nevada licences come from the Nevada State Contractors Board, Austin's from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).

  • Permit fee fields

    15 fields

    One row per fee line, served as fees on /v1/regions/{region}/permits/{permit_number}, an empty array where the place publishes no fee lines.

  • Permit inspection fields

    18 fields

    One row per inspection, served as inspections on /v1/regions/{region}/permits/{permit_number}, an empty array where the place publishes none.

  • Plan review step fields

    17 fields

    One row per step of a permit's plan review, served as review_steps on /v1/regions/{region}/permits/{permit_number}.

  • Permit event fields

    11 fields

    One row per change to a permit's status or one of its dates, served by /v1/events. How to page through them is on the change events page.

  • Parcel sale fields

    8 fields

    Recorded sales of a parcel from the County Assessor, served as sales on /v1/regions/{region}/properties/{parcel_id}.

  • Planning case fields

    13 fields

    Planning cases on a parcel in the City of Las Vegas, served as planning_cases on a permit and on a property.

  • Code enforcement case fields

    8 fields

    Open code enforcement cases on a parcel in the City of Las Vegas. The API serves their counts and dates on each permit (parcel_open_code_cases, parcel_last_code_case_date and the other code case fields); the cases themselves come in data extracts.

  • Contractor discipline fields

    6 fields

    Disciplinary actions the Nevada State Contractors Board took against a licence, served as discipline on /v1/contractors/{id}, newest first.

  • Property summary fields

    8 fields

    One row per parcel with permits: the summary of /v1/regions/{region}/properties/{parcel_id} and each match of /v1/properties.

  • Property trade fields

    7 fields

    One row per work tag on a parcel: the trades of /v1/regions/{region}/properties/{parcel_id}.

The same dictionary is served as JSON at /v1/meta/dictionary. How often each field is filled, place by place, is on the coverage page.