New Venue Data turns public Florida business-license filings into a clean, queryable feed. This quickstart walks you from signup to your first set of records so you can see the shape of the data before you write a line of integration code.
Step 1 — Create a workspace
After you confirm your email, you land in a workspace. A workspace is the container for your API keys, team members, webhooks, and billing. Most companies use one workspace per product or per environment (for example, a separate sandbox workspace for staging).
Step 2 — Grab a key
Open Settings → API Keys and create a key. Copy the secret immediately — we only show it once. Keep it server-side; never ship it in a browser bundle or mobile app.
Step 3 — Make a request
The /licenses endpoint returns the most recent filings, newest first. Pass your key as a bearer token:
curl https://api.newvenuedata.com/v1/licenses?limit=5 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ls_live_your_key_here"You will get back a page of license records — each one a business that just filed, with its name, address, license type, status, and the event that triggered the record.
What to do next
- Narrow the feed with filters like county, license_type, and event_type.
- Set up a webhook so new filings are pushed to you instead of polled.
- Read "Understanding a license record" to learn what every field means.
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