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Childcare API for Developers

CribScore gives developers one API for childcare licensing, inspections, trust, and predictive risk instead of fifty state portals.

What it covers

The API exposes facility search, canonical facility detail, trust metrics, state coverage, prices, evidence, events, and trust-aware decision outputs.

  • Search licensed childcare by zip code, state, and score filters.
  • Read source-linked facility records with licensing and inspection context.
  • Pull jurisdiction trust and coverage metrics before you trust a state feed.

Why it is different

The value is not a thin scrape. It is the maintained layer around provenance, freshness, trust tiering, completeness, and canonical record assembly.

Python Quickstart

import httpx

response = httpx.get(
    "https://api.cribscore.co/v1/facilities",
    params={"zip_code": "90003", "limit": 5},
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    timeout=30.0,
)

print(response.json())

Decision Memo

curl -X POST "https://api.cribscore.co/v1/decision/memo" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "geography": "90003",
    "child_age_months": 24,
    "budget_weekly": 350,
    "shortlist_limit": 3
  }'

Related guides

OpenAPI Reference for CribScore

Use the CribScore OpenAPI document for typed SDK generation, request inspection, API collections, and contract verification.

Python Example for the Childcare API

Use Python and `httpx` to search facilities, read trust metrics, and integrate CribScore into backend workflows.

TypeScript Example for the Childcare API

Use TypeScript and `fetch` to call CribScore from web backends, serverless functions, and agent adapters.

Remote MCP for Childcare Agents

Connect the hosted CribScore MCP endpoint to agent clients with one remote streamable HTTP config.