If you need an API key, sign up for one here. To try the API before creating a key, use DEMO_KEY by clicking on the Authorize button at the top of the documentation page, adding it, and clicking Authorize. This request is functionally equivalent to this search.

Published: October 22, 2018 News A tour of the new govinfo API Jump to: Introduction | Definitions | Example: Federal Register | Example: Congressional Record | Wrapping Up Quick Start: 1. Get an API key 2. Explore the API 3. Learn more and provide feedback Highlights Try the govinfo API for easier access to documents and metadata from all three branches of the Federal Government.

This takes one of the key features of the govinfo website and makes it more easily accessible to users to access in a programmatic fashion. We hope that this will provide users with some new ways of consuming and reusing our content! See the original API feature tour article for more information on the capabilities of the API, including basic walk throughs of the collections and packages endpoints. API keys An api.data.gov key is required to use the govinfo API. Use an existing key or request one for free.

Sign up for a key. Featured API Articles: See the latest information on the GovInfo API New GovInfo API (2018) API - Related Documents Service (2021) API Search Service (2023) Webinars: These webinars provide demonstrations of API functionality and usage GovInfo API Overview and Search Service Preview (2023) GovInfo API Overview and Search Service Preview (2023) Additional Resources: Postman collection for Search Service : This json file can be imported into Postman, a popular API development/testing tool to learn more about how to use the API.

Day, Presidential Inaugural Addresses, Black History Month, Presidents’ Day, and Women’s History Month. Related Documents API Service for Congressional Bills and Bill Status collection:  The development roadmap regularly incorporates updates to the GovInfo API. The API is intended to provide data users with a simple means to programmatically access GovInfo content and metadata, which is stored in self-describing packages.

Congressional Directory for the 115th Congress PDF Details Browse current and previous editions of the Congressional Directory. Browse the Congressional Pictorial Directory. Use the govinfo API to create links to Congressional Directory summaries and files. Note: To use the API, you need a free API.data.gov key. These examples use a demo key. Learn more about using the govinfo API. Retrieve a summary of the publication, similar to what you could find on the details page, but in a consistent, machine-readable format using this link: https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/CDIR-2018-07-27/summary?

Added the GovInfo search widget to the mobile view on the new Serial Set Topic Browse. Upgraded the documentation framework used by the GovInfo Link Service and public API. Resolved an issue with the Economic Indicators collection that resulted in an extra parsed title field. Updated the public API Related Documents service to support multiple Code of Federal Regulations results for one API call. Upgraded numerous internal components’ schemas, and parsers.

For more information, see this Search Service article discussing the new functionality in detail. GovInfo API users can provide additional feedback and view example requests along with responses in GPO’s API GitHub . At the end of the year, plans are in place to move the API Search Service to a full production state. Cataloged Born-Digital Content Part of GPO’s Cataloging and Indexing Program (44 U.S.C. §§ 1710, 1902-1903) includes standard processes that catalog and capture digital versions of Federal government publications.

Functionality was also put into place this release to make the new committee prints to bills relationships available through the Related Documents API service. The Related Documents feature provides users with quick and convenient access to related publications all in one place. This feature has expanded in govinfo to 14 collections and 24 relationships. Related Documents API Service for Federal Register and CFR Documents: In an effort to build upon the new govinfo Related Documents API service launched in March 2021, this release showcases new API functionality to support linked relationships from Federal Register documents to other Federal Register documents that share the same Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) and Federal Register documents that have citations within Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) documents.

For example, access IDs would look like this: CHRG-116hhrg36909-add1 CHRG-116hhrg36909-add2 CHRG-116hhrg36909-add3 CHRG-116hhrg36909-add4 CHRG-116hhrg36909-add5 API Pagination to Return more than 10,000 Results: In an effort to support users and data partners who consume content via the API, GPO has made it possible to retrieve more than 10,000 paginated results from the API. This required a small change to the initial request to use an offsetMark parameter instead of offset.