Query NYC DOB elevator inspection and compliance-filing records via the DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance open dataset

domain: data.cityofnewyork.us · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Use the Socrata SODA API against dataset e5aq-a4j2 at https://data.cityofnewyork.us/resource/e5aq-a4j2.json
  2. Filter with SoQL $where/$q parameters on fields such as device number, device status, BIN, and filing/inspection dates
  3. Optionally register a Socrata app token to raise your throttling limit for high-volume queries
  4. Page results with $limit/$offset since the dataset covers citywide elevator compliance filings

Known gotchas

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