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OpenGov API

OpenGov is a cloud platform for state and local government covering ERP, budgeting, permitting and licensing, procurement, asset management, tax and revenue, utility billing, and citizen services. An unofficial API lets you programmatically pull permits and licenses, inspections, work orders and assets, budgets and accounts, purchase orders and contracts, vendors, and constituent requests—and push updates like new applications, inspection results, or work orders back into OpenGov.

By Alex Klarfeld•May 7, 2026
OpenGov API

What is OpenGov?

OpenGov is a cloud platform purpose-built for state and local government, used by more than 2,000 communities to run finance, operations, and citizen-facing services on a single system. Agencies use OpenGov to manage budgets and capital plans, run ERP and payroll, issue permits and licenses, procure goods and contracts, track assets and work orders, collect taxes and utility payments, and field 311 and constituent service requests.

Core product areas include:

  • ERP & Financial Management (General Ledger, AP/AR, Cash, Projects, Grants, Payroll, HCM)
  • Budgeting & Planning (Operating Budgets, Capital Budgets, Performance Measures, Forecasts)
  • Permitting & Licensing (Applications, Plan Review, Inspections, Code Enforcement, Business Licenses)
  • Procurement & Contract Management (Solicitations, Bids, Awards, Contracts, Vendors)
  • Enterprise Asset Management (Assets, Work Orders, Inspections, GIS Integration, Mobile Field)
  • Tax & Revenue, Utility Billing, and Citizen/311 Services (Accounts, Bills, Payments, Service Requests)

Common data entities:

  • Users, Departments, Roles/Permissions (Staff, Inspectors, Reviewers, Applicants, Vendors)
  • Permits, Licenses, Applications, Plan Reviews, Conditions, Fees
  • Inspections (scheduled, results, checklists, attachments, GIS-tagged locations)
  • Assets & Work Orders (asset hierarchy, parts, labor, costs, status)
  • Budgets, Accounts, Funds, Cost Centers, Journals, Encumbrances
  • Solicitations, Bids, Contracts, Purchase Orders, Vendors, Insurance Certificates
  • Tax/Utility Accounts, Bills, Payments, Adjustments, 311 Service Requests
  • Documents & Attachments (plans, inspection photos, contract files, transparency exports)

The OpenGov Integration Challenge

Cities, counties, and special districts run OpenGov daily, but turning portal-driven workflows into reliable API automation is non-trivial—especially across departments and across jurisdictions:

  • Per-jurisdiction configuration: Forms, fee schedules, inspection types, and approval workflows are tailored to each city, county, or district and rarely look the same twice
  • Limited self-serve API: OpenGov references open APIs and ERP integration, but there is no public, broadly documented developer portal—access depends on your contract, modules, and tenant
  • Partner ecosystem gating: GIS, payments, plan review, and identity integrations are typically delivered through OpenGov-managed partnerships rather than open endpoints
  • Module sprawl: Permitting, ERP, Asset Management, Procurement, and Citizen Services each have distinct schemas, IDs, and state machines that must be reconciled
  • Authentication complexity: MFA, and role-based access for staff vs. external applicants and vendors complicate headless automation
  • Mobile and field flows: Inspector data, photos, and GIS-tagged work orders are captured in mobile apps and need careful upload/download handling
  • Public records and transparency: Citizen-facing data, FOIA exports, and open data feeds carry different visibility rules than internal staff views

How Supergood Creates OpenGov APIs

Supergood reverse-engineers authenticated browser flows and the network calls behind OpenGov's web and mobile experiences to deliver a resilient API layer for your tenant—across permitting, ERP, asset management, procurement, and citizen services.

  • Handles username/password and MFA (SMS, email, TOTP) securely
  • Maintains session continuity with automated refresh, CSRF token management, and change detection as OpenGov updates ship
  • Normalizes responses across permits, inspections, work orders, vendors, and budgets so you integrate once and rely on consistent objects
  • Aligns with your jurisdiction's configured forms, fee schedules, inspection types, and role-based permissions to ensure compliant access

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Getting Started

  • Schedule Integration Assessment

Book a 30-minute session to confirm your modules, jurisdictions, and authentication model.

  • Supergood Generates and Validates Your API

We deliver a hardened OpenGov adapter tailored to your tenant's configuration and entitlements.

  • Deploy with Monitoring

Go live with continuous monitoring and automatic adjustments as OpenGov evolves.

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API Endpoints

POST/authenticate

Authenticate with OpenGov using credentials or MFA and obtain a tenant-scoped session token.

GET/permits

List permits and licenses for your jurisdiction with filters for status, type, applicant, and date range.

POST/submit_application

Submit a new permit or license application with attachments, fees, and applicant information.

GET/budgets

Retrieve operating budgets, capital plans, accounts, funds, and cost centers from OpenGov Budgeting & Planning.

GET/work_orders

List Cartegraph work orders with asset hierarchy, status, labor, and parts data for field operations.

POST/create_request

Create a 311/CRM service request and route it to the appropriate department for triage.

Use Cases

Sync ERP and Permitting Data Cross-Module

Reconcile permit fees, contractor records, and revenue between Permitting & Licensing and the ERP / General Ledger so finance teams stop manually re-keying transactions across modules.

Automate Budget and Capital Plan Ingestion

Pull operating budgets, capital plans, encumbrances, and journals from OpenGov Budgeting & Planning into your data warehouse or BI stack on a nightly schedule for transparency dashboards and forecasts.

Cartegraph Asset and Work Order Automation

Programmatically create work orders, update inspection results, and sync GIS-tagged asset hierarchies between Cartegraph EAM and field crews, mobile apps, or external maintenance systems.

Citizen 311 Request Routing and Triage

Ingest 311/CRM service requests as they arrive, classify and route them to the correct department, and push status updates back to constituents without manual queue management.

Technical Specifications

API Type

REST (partner-gated, no public developer portal)

Authentication

OAuth 2.0 with MFA support

Data Format

JSON request and response payloads

Rate Limits

Tenant-specific, governed by contract and module entitlements

Webhooks

Limited; varies by module and partner integration

SDKs

No official public SDKs; Supergood provides language-native clients

Documentation

Private, partner-only; access depends on contract and modules

Sandbox Environment

Per-jurisdiction staging tenants available on request

Pagination

Cursor- and offset-based depending on module endpoint

Deployment Model

Cloud-only SaaS; no on-prem option

Configuration

Per-jurisdiction forms, fee schedules, inspection types, and workflows

Compliance

SOC 2, FedRAMP-aligned controls for state and local government

Frequently asked questions

OpenGov ERP exposes financial entities like accounts, journals, encumbrances, and POs, while Cartegraph EAM covers assets, work orders, inspections, and GIS-tagged locations. The schemas, IDs, and state machines are distinct, so most automations need adapters that reconcile both sides rather than a single unified endpoint.

Yes. OpenGov does not publish a self-serve developer portal—API access depends on your contract, modules, and tenant entitlements, and integrations for GIS, payments, plan review, and identity are typically delivered through OpenGov-managed partnerships.

Forms, fee schedules, inspection types, and approval workflows are tailored to each city, county, or special district. Supergood aligns each adapter to your jurisdiction's specific configuration so payloads and state transitions match the workflows your staff actually use.

OpenGov is a cloud-only SaaS platform—there is no on-prem deployment option. Agencies with strict on-prem requirements typically integrate via secure outbound connectors and tenant-scoped access controls rather than self-hosting.

Supergood handles username/password and MFA (SMS, email, TOTP) securely, maintaining session continuity with automated refresh and CSRF token management as OpenGov updates ship.

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