Verify a mobile food vendor's or caterer's Chicago Mobile Food License status via Chicago's open data API

domain: data.cityofchicago.org · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Query the Socrata SODA API resource 2eb2-k2i8 (Mobile Food Vendor) filtering by legal_name, doing_business_as_name, or license_number
  2. Check that license_description equals 'Mobile Food License' and review license_status (e.g., AAI for active) and expiration_date
  3. Cross-reference conditional_approval and application_type to see if the license is a new application or renewal
  4. Use the returned latitude/longitude or location point if mapping vendor locations for a catering/vending event
  5. Re-query periodically, since the dataset is updated daily

Known gotchas

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