urgentcaremap

Python CLI and library for the free urgentcaremap.health API — 8,500+ US urgent care clinics across 386 cities.

🌐 Built on data from urgentcaremap.health — the comprehensive US urgent care directory.

Install

pip install urgentcaremap

No external dependencies (uses Python stdlib only).

CLI Quick Start

# Find urgent cares in a city
urgentcaremap find massachusetts boston

# Find nearest 5 clinics to coordinates
urgentcaremap nearest 42.3467 -71.0972 massachusetts boston

# List all 50 states + DC with clinic counts
urgentcaremap states

# Show site-wide statistics
urgentcaremap stats

# Output as JSON for scripting
urgentcaremap find california los-angeles --json | jq '.[] | .name'

Library Usage

from urgentcaremap_cli import UrgentCareClient

client = UrgentCareClient()

# Get all clinics in a city
clinics = client.find_clinics("massachusetts", "boston")
print(f"Found {len(clinics)} clinics in Boston")

# Find nearest clinics by coordinates
nearest = client.find_nearest(
    lat=42.3467,
    lon=-71.0972,
    state="massachusetts",
    city="boston",
    limit=5,
)
for c in nearest:
    print(f"{c['name']} — {c['distance_km']:.2f} km away")

# Site-wide statistics
stats = client.get_stats()
print(f"Total clinics: {stats['coverage']['total_clinics']}")

# Per-state browsing
ca_cities = client.cities_in_state("california")
networks = client.list_networks()

Available methods

Use Cases

• Telemedicine apps — refer patients to in-person care
• Healthcare research — academic studies on access/density
• Insurance comparison — show in-network urgent care
• Real estate apps — neighborhood healthcare scoring
• Chatbots — answer "where is urgent care nearby?"

API Reference

Full API documentation: urgentcaremap.health/developers/

OpenAPI 3.0 spec: urgentcaremap.health/api/openapi.json

License

• Code: MIT (see LICENSE)
• API/Data: CC-BY-4.0 — attribution required when republishing data

Citation

If you use this in research or publications:

@misc{urgentcaremap2026,
  author = {Lorynec, Oleksandr},
  title = {UrgentCareMap: US Urgent Care Centers Database},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {urgentcaremap.health},
  url = {https://urgentcaremap.health}
}

Related projects

• urgentcaremap-js — TypeScript/JavaScript SDK
• urgentcaremap-react — React component library
• Open Dataset on Kaggle — Bulk download (CSV/JSON/Parquet)

Contributing

Pull requests welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss major changes.

Built with ❤️ on top of urgentcaremap.health — the free directory of urgent care clinics across the USA.