mysoc-fms

name	mysoc-fms
description	Query FixMyStreet (mySociety) — the per-council issue-reporting service used for potholes, fly-tipping, broken street furniture, and other street-level issues across UK local authorities. Surface is RSS only (no public JSON API on fixmystreet.com — the /reports.json and /api paths return 404; the open-source FixMyStreet platform's API spec is only exposed on cobrand instances that opt in). Wraps the all-reports feed, per-area feeds, and per-postcode / lat-lon proximity feeds. Use when the question is about street-level issues reported in a constituency, a council's response patterns, or as constituency-level civic-engagement signal.
license	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (mySociety)
metadata	{"facility":"mysoc-fms","cli-alias":"fms","base-url":"https://www.fixmystreet.com","provenance":{"tier":3,"operator":"mySociety","service":"fixmystreet.com","upstream-data":"User-submitted reports of street-level issues, routed by mySociety to ~400 UK council issue-tracking systems","citation-short":"via FixMyStreet (mySociety)","citation-formal":"FixMyStreet, mySociety Ltd, retrieved {date}, CC BY-SA 3.0","confidence":"derived","confidence-notes":"User-generated content. Reports are individual citizen statements, not authoritative for whether the issue exists or has been resolved — the council's own record is the source of truth for resolution status."}}

FixMyStreet (mySociety)

Base URL: https://www.fixmystreet.com. RSS only — the JSON API spec exists in the FixMyStreet open-source codebase but fixmystreet.com itself doesn't expose it.

CLI

parl fms feed                                    # all reports RSS
parl fms feed-area London                        # one council/area
parl fms feed-around --postcode SW1P3JA --distance 1
parl fms feed-around --lat 51.4968 --lon -0.1262 --distance 1 --state open
parl fms url 123456                              # permanent URL for a report

Joins to Parliament

• Use mapit postcode <pc> or mapit point to pin a coord, then fms feed-around for street-level issues in the area — a useful signal of constituency-level civic engagement.
• Combined with members constituency lookup, can answer "what street issues are being reported in MP X's seat".

Provenance to cite

Tier 3 — third-party (mySociety), user-generated.

• Inline cite: "(via FixMyStreet, mySociety)" — once per paragraph.
• Don't present individual user reports as authoritative for whether an issue exists; cite as "a FixMyStreet report …".
• See ../../docs/provenance.md.