SpotHero API Capability

Lookup Parking

Look up parking price and availability for a specific lot at a SpotHero event, matched by lot name or facility ID.

Capability ID spothero.lookup

Cost 1 credit per request

Maximum runtime 60 seconds

# Lookup Parking

Look up parking price and availability for a specific lot at a SpotHero event, matched by lot name or facility ID.

- Platform: [SpotHero](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/spothero)
- Capability ID: `spothero.lookup`
- Cost: 1 credit per request
- Maximum runtime: 60 seconds
- Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute`

## Request

Use the exact public capability ID in the shared execute envelope.

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \
  --data '{
  "input": {
    "event_id": 1292136,
    "facility_id": 102979
  },
  "capability": "spothero.lookup"
}'
```

## Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `event_id` | `integer` | No | SpotHero event ID (alternative to event_url). |
| `event_url` | `string` | No | SpotHero event page URL containing ?id=<event_id>. |
| `facility_id` | `integer` | No | SpotHero facility ID (bypasses name matching; alternative to lot). |
| `lot` | `string` | No | Parking lot name for fuzzy matching (required if facility_id is not set). |

### Example input

```json
{
  "event_id": 1292136,
  "facility_id": 102979
}
```

## Response

Successful output is returned in `results[0].data`. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

### Illustrative sample output

This redacted fixture is an example, not a fixed response schema.

```json
{
  "address": "355 Somerset Street",
  "availability": "available",
  "event_id": 1292136,
  "facility_id": 102979,
  "facility_type": "garage",
  "lat": 40.739937,
  "lon": -74.156181,
  "lot": "",
  "scraped_at": "2026-08-30T12:44:34Z",
  "sh_base": 60,
  "sh_total": 65.1,
  "start_time": "2026-08-22T18:30:00-04:00",
  "url": "https://spothero.com/checkout/102979",
  "walking_meters": 1447,
  "walking_seconds": 1186
}
```
### Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These fields are not a fixed response schema.

| Path | Observed type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `address` | `string` | 355 Somerset Street |
| `availability` | `string` | available |
| `event_id` | `integer` | 1292136 |
| `facility_id` | `integer` | 102979 |
| `facility_type` | `string` | garage |
| `lat` | `number` | 40.739937 |
| `lon` | `number` | -74.156181 |
| `lot` | `string` |  |
| `scraped_at` | `string` | 2026-08-30T12:44:34Z |
| `sh_base` | `integer` | 60 |
| `sh_total` | `number` | 65.1 |
| `start_time` | `string` | 2026-08-22T18:30:00-04:00 |
| `url` | `string` | https://spothero.com/checkout/102979 |
| `walking_meters` | `integer` | 1447 |
| `walking_seconds` | `integer` | 1186 |

## Execution behavior

A `200` response completed inline. A `202` response was queued; poll `GET /jobs/{id}` until the job reaches `completed` or `failed`. Use an `Idempotency-Key` when retrying must not create a duplicate logical job.

## Related documentation

- [Authentication](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/authentication)
- [Jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs)
- [Errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors)
- [Idempotency](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/idempotency)

POST /execute Shared execution endpoint

Input parameters

event_id integer optional

SpotHero event ID (alternative to event_url).

Example 1292136

event_url string optional

SpotHero event page URL containing ?id=<event_id>.

facility_id integer optional

SpotHero facility ID (bypasses name matching; alternative to lot).

Example 102979

lot string optional

Parking lot name for fuzzy matching (required if facility_id is not set).

Response

Successful output is returned in results[0].data. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

Illustrative sample The full redacted fixture is shown in the response panel.

Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These observed fields are not a fixed response schema.

Path	Observed type	Example
`address`	`string`	355 Somerset Street
`availability`	`string`	available
`event_id`	`integer`	1292136
`facility_id`	`integer`	102979
`facility_type`	`string`	garage
`lat`	`number`	40.739937
`lon`	`number`	-74.156181
`lot`	`string`
`scraped_at`	`string`	2026-08-30T12:44:34Z
`sh_base`	`integer`	60
`sh_total`	`number`	65.1
`start_time`	`string`	2026-08-22T18:30:00-04:00
`url`	`string`	https://spothero.com/checkout/102979
`walking_meters`	`integer`	1447
`walking_seconds`	`integer`	1186

Execution behavior

A 200 response completed inline. A 202 response was queued; poll GET /jobs/:id until the job reaches completed or failed.

curl --request POST \ --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \ --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --header "Prefer: wait=30" \ --data '{ "input": { "event_id": 1292136, "facility_id": 102979 }, "capability": "spothero.lookup" }'

import json import requests payload = json.loads(r'''{ "input": { "event_id": 1292136, "facility_id": 102979 }, "capability": "spothero.lookup" }''') response = requests.post( "https://data.upscrape.com/execute", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", "Prefer": "wait=30", }, json=payload, ) response.raise_for_status() print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))

{ "address": "355 Somerset Street", "availability": "available", "event_id": 1292136, "facility_id": 102979, "facility_type": "garage", "lat": 40.739937, "lon": -74.156181, "lot": "", "scraped_at": "2026-08-30T12:44:34Z", "sh_base": 60, "sh_total": 65.1, "start_time": "2026-08-22T18:30:00-04:00", "url": "https://spothero.com/checkout/102979", "walking_meters": 1447, "walking_seconds": 1186 }