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Payments (Chicago)

All vendor payments made by the City of Chicago from 1996 to present. Payments from 1996 through 2002 have been rolled-up and appear as "2002." Total payment information is summarized for each vendor and contract…

Payments (Chicago) is published by City of Chicago for Chicago, Illinois. It has an API (Socrata (SODA)); it updates daily, last updated 2026-10-24. Reuse: check terms. Check status: verified.

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Last updated2026-10-24
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PublisherCity of Chicago
Originalhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/Administration-Finance/Payments/s4vu-giwb ↗
PlaceChicago, Illinois · city
ShelfFunding, grants and spending
FormatsAPI (Socrata SODA), CSV
Update rateDaily
Located byNot stated
LicenceSee Terms of Use
CheckedVerified: opened and matched by a person or our reviewer

Cite this source: City of Chicago, “Payments (Chicago)”, https://data.cityofchicago.org/Administration-Finance/Payments/s4vu-giwb, last updated 2026-10-24. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/1279 (verified).

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# Straight from the publisher's API (no key needed for light use)
curl "https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/s4vu-giwb.json?$limit=5"
Endpoint as listed by the publisher.
# Through SOS.city: this source and its neighbours, with publisher, licence and check status
curl https://api.sos.city/v1/sources/1279 -H "Authorization: Bearer sos_…"