Data Sources
41 APIs · 322 tools · 21 require no key
Economic
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Economic Analysis | 13 | U.S. economic statistics: GDP (national/state/industry), personal income, international transactions, fixed assets,... | BEA_API_KEY |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics | 4 | Employment, wages, CPI components, PPI, JOLTS, labor productivity | BLS_API_KEY |
| Energy Information Administration | 5 | Petroleum, electricity, natural gas prices; state energy profiles; total energy overview | EIA_API_KEY |
| FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) | 4 | 800K+ economic time series: GDP, CPI, unemployment, interest rates, money supply, housing | FRED_API_KEY |
| U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data | 4 | National debt, revenue, spending, interest rates, exchange rates, savings bonds, auctions, trust funds — 53 datasets,... | None |
Legislative
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congress.gov | 71 | Bills, votes, members, laws, amendments, committee data, hearings, reports, prints, meetings, nominations, treaties, CRS... | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
| Federal Register | 5 | Executive orders, presidential documents, rules, agency notices | None |
| GovInfo | 3 | Full-text search across Congressional bills, laws, Federal Register, CFR, CBO reports, and more | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
| Regulations.gov | 6 | Federal rulemaking: proposed rules, final rules, public comments, and regulatory dockets from all federal agencies | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
Financial
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) | 6 | Consumer complaint database with 13M+ complaints against financial companies. Search by company, product, state, issue,... | None |
| FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) | 6 | Bank data for 5,000+ FDIC-insured institutions — search banks, failures since 1934, quarterly financials, branch-level... | None |
| OpenFEC (Federal Election Commission) | 6 | Campaign finance: candidates, committees, contributions, expenditures | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
| SEC EDGAR | 3 | Company filings, financial data (XBRL), and full-text search across SEC EDGAR | None |
| Senate Lobbying Disclosures | 5 | Lobbying filings, expenditures, activities, and campaign contributions — who is lobbying Congress, on what issues, and... | None |
Spending
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Payments (Sunshine Act) | 10 | CMS Open Payments — tracks payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies to doctors and teaching hospitals.... | None |
| USAspending | 6 | Federal contracts, grants, loans, direct payments — who got the money and where | None |
Health
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDC Health Data | 13 | U.S. health statistics: leading causes of death, life expectancy, mortality rates, county/city health indicators, weekly... | None |
| ClinicalTrials.gov | 10 | Search 400K+ clinical trials: conditions, drugs, sponsors, phases, recruitment status, locations, results. Explore data... | None |
| CMS | 4 | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — hospital compare, nursing home ratings, home health agencies, hospice,... | None |
| FDA (OpenFDA) | 25 | Comprehensive FDA data: drug adverse events, labels, NDC directory, shortages, approvals; device events, 510(k)... | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
| NIH RePORTER | 4 | Search NIH-funded research projects by disease, investigator, institution, state, and funding amount. Track research... | None |
Safety
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOL (Department of Labor) | 7 | OSHA workplace safety inspections, violations, and accident investigations. WHD wage theft enforcement (back wages,... | DOL_API_KEY |
| NHTSA | 11 | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — vehicle recalls (1949–present), consumer complaints, 5-star safety... | None |
Environment
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) | 9 | EPA environmental data: facility compliance and violations via ECHO, enforcement cases (civil/criminal), Superfund... | None |
| EPA Air Quality System (AQS) | 3 | Ambient air sample data from EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) — thousands of monitors nationwide. Criteria pollutants... | AQS_API_KEY, AQS_EMAIL |
| NOAA Climate Data Online | 4 | Weather observations, temperature, precipitation, climate normals from NOAA stations across the U.S. | NOAA_API_KEY |
| NREL (Clean Energy) | 3 | EV charging stations, alt fuel stations, electricity rates, solar resource data from the National Renewable Energy... | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
| USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) | 6 | Earthquake events (magnitude, location, depth, tsunami risk) and water resources monitoring (streamflow, water levels,... | None |
Justice
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOJ News | 4 | Department of Justice press releases (262K+) and blog entries (3,200+). Search by title keyword, date, and DOJ... | None |
| FBI Crime Data Explorer | 10 | National/state/agency crime statistics, arrests, hate crimes, law enforcement employees, expanded homicide data, and use... | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
Education
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Scorecard | 4 | College costs, graduation rates, post-graduation earnings, student debt, admission rates for every U.S. college and... | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
| NAEP (Nation's Report Card) | 9 | National Assessment of Educational Progress: 10 subjects (reading, math, science, writing, civics, history, geography,... | None |
Research
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| USPTO Open Data Portal | 10 | U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Open Data Portal (ODP) -- search patent applications, get prosecution history,... | USPTO_API_KEY |
Demographics
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Census Bureau | 3 | Population, demographics, income, housing, business data from ACS, Decennial Census | CENSUS_API_KEY |
| FEMA | 5 | Federal Emergency Management Agency — disaster declarations, emergency/major disaster assistance, NFIP flood insurance... | None |
| HUD | 5 | Department of Housing and Urban Development — Fair Market Rents (FMR) by bedroom count, Income Limits by household size... | HUD_USER_TOKEN |
Transportation
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS (Bureau of Transportation Statistics) | 2 | Monthly Transportation Statistics (50+ indicators): airline traffic & on-time %, transit ridership, rail freight, truck... | None |
Agriculture
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA FoodData Central | 3 | Nutritional data for 300K+ foods: calories, macros, vitamins, minerals. Covers branded products, standard reference... | DATA_GOV_API_KEY |
| USDA NASS QuickStats | 4 | Agricultural production, crop prices, farm income, livestock, Census of Agriculture data | USDA_NASS_API_KEY |
International
| API | Tools | Description | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Bank | 4 | International economic indicators for 200+ countries: GDP, population, health spending, life expectancy, trade,... | None |
API Key Summary
No key required (21): BTS (Bureau of Transportation Statistics), CDC Health Data, CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), ClinicalTrials.gov, CMS, DOJ News, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), Federal Register, FEMA, GSA CALC+ Ceiling Rates, NAEP (Nation's Report Card), NHTSA, NIH RePORTER, Open Payments (Sunshine Act), SEC EDGAR, Senate Lobbying Disclosures, U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, USAspending, USGS (U.S. Geological Survey), World Bank
Key required (20):
| Key | APIs | Get it |
|---|---|---|
BEA_API_KEY | Bureau of Economic Analysis | Sign up |
BLS_API_KEY | Bureau of Labor Statistics | Sign up |
CENSUS_API_KEY | Census Bureau | Sign up |
DATA_GOV_API_KEY | College Scorecard, Congress.gov, FBI Crime Data Explorer, FDA (OpenFDA), OpenFEC (Federal Election Commission), GovInfo, NREL (Clean Energy), Regulations.gov, USDA FoodData Central | Sign up |
DOL_API_KEY | DOL (Department of Labor) | Sign up |
EIA_API_KEY | Energy Information Administration | Sign up |
AQS_API_KEY | EPA Air Quality System (AQS) | Sign up |
AQS_EMAIL | EPA Air Quality System (AQS) | Sign up |
FRED_API_KEY | FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) | Sign up |
HUD_USER_TOKEN | HUD | Sign up |
NOAA_API_KEY | NOAA Climate Data Online | Sign up |
USDA_NASS_API_KEY | USDA NASS QuickStats | Sign up |
USPTO_API_KEY | USPTO Open Data Portal | Sign up |
For setup instructions, see API Keys.