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Shovels Permit Structure

JSON structure documentation for Shovels building permit objects

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Shovels Permit Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by Shovels.

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{
  "title": "Shovels Permit Structure",
  "description": "JSON structure documentation for Shovels building permit objects",
  "version": "v2",
  "source": "https://api.shovels.ai/v2",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "id",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Unique Shovels permit identifier"
    },
    {
      "name": "status",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "enum": ["issued", "approved", "completed", "expired", "cancelled"],
      "description": "Current status of the permit lifecycle"
    },
    {
      "name": "issue_date",
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Date the permit was issued in YYYY-MM-DD format"
    },
    {
      "name": "final_date",
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Date the permit was finalized or closed"
    },
    {
      "name": "description",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Free-text description of the permitted construction work"
    },
    {
      "name": "job_value",
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Estimated dollar value of the permitted job"
    },
    {
      "name": "tags",
      "type": "array",
      "items": "string",
      "description": "Standardized permit classification tags (solar, roofing, hvac, adu, electrical, plumbing, etc.)"
    },
    {
      "name": "property_type",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["residential", "commercial", "industrial", "mixed"],
      "description": "Property classification"
    },
    {
      "name": "address",
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Property address where work is permitted",
      "fields": [
        { "name": "street_no", "type": "string", "description": "Street number" },
        { "name": "street", "type": "string", "description": "Street name" },
        { "name": "city", "type": "string", "description": "City name" },
        { "name": "county", "type": "string", "description": "County name" },
        { "name": "state", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter state code" },
        { "name": "zip_code", "type": "string", "description": "5-digit ZIP code" },
        { "name": "jurisdiction", "type": "string", "description": "Permit jurisdiction name" },
        { "name": "latitude", "type": "number", "description": "Decimal degrees latitude" },
        { "name": "longitude", "type": "number", "description": "Decimal degrees longitude" },
        { "name": "geo_id", "type": "string", "description": "Shovels geographic identifier" },
        { "name": "name", "type": "string", "description": "Full formatted USPS address" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "contractor_id",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Associated Shovels contractor ID"
    },
    {
      "name": "jurisdiction",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the jurisdiction that issued the permit"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "type": "cursor",
    "fields": {
      "next_cursor": "Opaque token for requesting the next page of results",
      "size": "Number of items in the current response page",
      "total_count": {
        "value": "Count of matching records (capped at 10,000)",
        "relation": "Whether value is exact (eq) or lower bound (gte)"
      }
    }
  }
}