Verify a California contractor licence by CSLB licence number or business name,
Verify a California contractor licence by CSLB licence number or business name, returning licence status (normalised and as CSLB words it), classifications, issue and expiry dates, bond and workers' comp. Read live from the CSLB 'Check A License' registry; an unknown licence number is answered free.
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Endpoint
GET https://api.scrapebench.dev/mcp#ca-contractor-lookup#ca-contractor-lookup
| Category | Company and compliance |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.scrapebench.dev |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 6 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
We never call tools that send, buy, move money or file anything, not even without paying.
Example input (from the provider)
{
"description": "Verify a California contractor licence by CSLB licence number or business name, returning licence status (normalised and as CSLB words it), classifications, issue and expiry dates, bond and workers' comp. Read live from the CSLB 'Check A License' registry; an unknown licence number is answered free.",
"example": {
"license_number": "22726"
},
"inputSchema": {
"properties": {
"city": {
"anyOf": [
{
"maxLength": 60,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Optional: keep only name matches whose city of record is this (case ignored)."
},
"license_number": {
"anyOf": [
{
"pattern": "^\\d{1,8}$",
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "CSLB licence number, digits only, e.g. '22726'. Send this or name."
},
"name": {
"anyOf": [
{
"maxLength": 100,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Business name or its start, e.g. 'RANSOME' (case ignored). Matches names beginning with it. Send this or license_number."
},
"page": {
"default": 0,
"description": "Zero-based page; each page is one paid call.",
"maximum": 1,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"purpose": {
"anyOf": [
{
"maxLength": 200,
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Optional: what you need this data for, in one sentence (e.g. 'vetting a roofer before hiring'). It never changes the price or the rows; it tells us what to improve."
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"toolName": "ca-contractor-lookup",
"transport": "streamable-http",
"type": "mcp"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object"
},
"toolName": {
"type": "string"
},
"transport": {
"enum": [
"streamable-http",
"sse"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "mcp",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"toolName",
"inputSchema"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}