TortaPatrol for Developers

A small, free, read-only API for food truck discovery data — built for local news embeds, event apps, and city tourism sites. This is a demo project; treat all data as illustrative, not real business listings.

Rate Limiting

All endpoints are rate-limited to 100 requests/hour per IP. This is a policy statement for this demo — no separate API key or auth is required to try the endpoints below.

Endpoints

GET/api/live-trucks

Returns all currently live (open) food trucks. Optionally filter by location and radius.

Query params: lat, lng (optional — filters to trucks within radius miles of this point), radius (optional, default 10 miles).

Response: { success: true, live: [ { truckId, lat, lng, address, isOpen, lastOpenedAt } ] }

GET/api/trucks/{slug}

Returns the full profile for a single truck by its slug (e.g. verde-tacos).

Response: { success: true, truck: { id, slug, name, location, profile, live, menu, ... } } or a 404 with { success: false, error: "Truck not found" } if the slug doesn't exist.

GET/api/city/{state}/{city}

Returns all trucks whose home base is in the given city (e.g. /api/city/AZ/Phoenix). State and city matching is case-insensitive.

Response: { success: true, state, city, count, trucks: [ ... ] }

Example

fetch('https://tortapatrol.com/api/live-trucks?lat=33.4484&lng=-112.0740&radius=5')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => {
    console.log(data.live); // array of live trucks near downtown Phoenix
  });

Example Use Cases

📰 Local news embeds
Show "food trucks open near you today" widgets on a news site.

🎪 Event apps
List trucks booked or nearby for a festival or block party app.

🏙️ City tourism sites
Feature a live directory of local trucks on a visitors' bureau page.

Apply for API Access

Free for now, for demo/evaluation purposes. Tell us about your use case and we'll follow up.