EV Charge Finder

An Apify actor that finds nearby electric vehicle charging stations using location data. It queries a comprehensive database and returns structured results for integration into applications or trip planning tools.

Key Features

• Location-based search: Find stations by postcode (e.g., 90001), location name (e.g., "New York"), or precise latitude/longitude coordinates.
• Configurable radius: Set a search distance in kilometers. The default is 5 km.
• Result limit: Control the number of returned stations with maxresults (up to 100).
• Detailed station data: Returns information including operator, address, usage type, current operational status, and last verification date.
• Multiple export formats: Results are saved to a dataset in Apify storage and can be downloaded as JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML.

How to Use

Configure the actor run using input parameters. The actor will fetch matching charging stations and save the results to a dataset.

Input

Input is provided as a JSON object. Only locationName is strictly required.

{
  "distance": 5,
  "locationName": "New York",
  "maxresults": 20
}

• locationName (Required): A postcode, city name, or other location descriptor.
• distance: Search radius in kilometers. Default is 5.
• maxresults: Maximum number of stations to return. Default is 10, maximum is 100.

Output

The actor outputs an array of charging station objects to the dataset. Each station contains detailed metadata. Below is a simplified example of the structure.

[
  {
    "ID": 303729,
    "StatusType": {
      "IsOperational": true,
      "Title": "Operational"
    },
    "OperatorInfo": {
      "Title": "Go ToU"
    },
    "AddressInfo": {
      "Title": "123 Example Street",
      "Latitude": 40.7128,
      "Longitude": -74.0060
    },
    "UsageType": {
      "Title": "Public - Membership Required"
    },
    "DateLastVerified": "2024-09-01T20:35:00Z"
  }
]

Accessing Results: After the run completes, navigate to the Storage tab in the Apify console to preview and download your dataset in the preferred format.