Dataset specs

Updated September 24, 2026

Coverage, freshness and delivery for each dataset.

	Austin permits	Chicago permits	FDA refusals
Geography	City of Austin, Texas	City of Chicago, Illinois	Foreign and U.S. firms whose shipments FDA refused at U.S. entry.
Source	City of Austin Open Data: Issued Construction Permits (3syk-w9eu)	City of Chicago Data Portal: Building Permits (ydr8-5enu)	U.S. FDA Import Refusal Report export
Record selection	Commercial building permits (BP) whose description explicitly states a change of use from one use to another	Building permits whose description explicitly states a change of use or occupancy (commercial and residential)	All refusal lines for one exact FEI
Source history depth*	Commercial BP records from 1921; about 121,800 since 2000 and 28,500 since 2020	Permits from 2006 onward (about 848,000 total)	2024 to the latest monthly export
Per-report window	Up to 31 days of issue dates (queries over 2,000 source rows must be shortened)	Up to 31 days of issue dates	One FEI; full 2024–current export
Freshness	Fetched from the city API at run time; publisher update timestamp recorded	Fetched from the city API at run time; publisher update timestamp recorded	Current export downloaded at run time; coverage end and age recorded
Observed sample	6 matches in one 31-day Aug–Sep 2026 sample (of 332 permits)	4 matches in one 31-day Aug–Sep 2026 sample (of 2,819 permits)	Varies by facility (sample: 23 lines)
Formats and delivery	JSON via Apify API, n8n and MCP; $9 website report in HTML, CSV and JSON	JSON via Apify API, n8n and MCP	JSON via Apify API, n8n and MCP
Price	$1 per nonempty report (API); $9 one-time report	$1 per nonempty report	$0.50 per nonempty report
Not included	Business openings, operators, contacts, completed work	Current occupancy, operators, contacts	Recalls, warning letters, import alerts; no risk score

*Source depth measured from the publishers' APIs on September 24, 2026. Standard reports cover up to 31 days; for longer historical extracts or recurring deliveries, contact matthew@goodlifegames.io.

Field-level details: data dictionary.