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3![California business records search that this val will use for automated notifications](https://imagedelivery.net/iHX6Ovru0O7AjmyT5yZRoA/2a60f563-6ffd-42f2-d321-89c3243f5c00/public)
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5There's nothing I like more than a little open data and transparency!  This Val shows you how to use the [California Secretary of State Business Search](https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business) as a faux-API and get notifications when records change.  This lets you know when a business updates their records, changes their good-standing status, and so on.
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7Here's how to use it:
135. Now, in the network tab of your developer tools, you should see a request that ends with `false`. You'll find a number in that URL. Plug that number into the val at the spot at the top.
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15![Browser inspector tools showing the number you need to copy for this API request](https://imagedelivery.net/iHX6Ovru0O7AjmyT5yZRoA/e44b01b2-69a2-4288-1f48-977441ad6000/public)
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27### Notes
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29- [opencorporates](https://opencorporates.com/) has a _way_ better system for open data around businesses, but to get a free API key you need to be a nonprofit or a registered journalist, and I am neither. But if you are, use that!
30- Thanks to America's laws around business registration, it's commonplace for businesses to mask their control and ownership by using registration agents and a few layers of corporate structure.

2## SSR chart with Observable Plot
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4This chart is rendered server-side by val.town, using Observable Plot, from data loaded from the GitHub API. For a more complete example, see https://www.val.town/v/fil.earthquakes. For information on this chart, see https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/plot-barley-trellis.
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