Overview
Summary	Database of US government spending
Category	Government
Tags	government
Date Added	2008-01-04
Description	From their site: The API allows access to the data to the Federal contracts and Federal assistance databases. All data present on USAspending.gov is available through the API, except for pie charts and end-of-search totals. The site is a re-launch of www.federalspending.gov.
API Home Page	http://www.usaspending.gov/apidoc.php
Latest API News	USAspending.gov: You Will be Watched
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Protocol
Protocols	REST
Data Formats	XML
Service Endpoint	http://www.usaspending.gov/faads/faads.php
Functionality
API Groups	FAADS data (Federal assistance) and FPDS data (Federal contracts)
Example API Methods	?datype=X&detail=-1&state=AL
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	HTTP Basic Auth
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	Yes
Support
Vendor API Kits	FPDS documentation, FAADS documentation, and Data dictionary
Community API Kits
API Blog
Site Blog
API Forum
Developer Support
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	None
Developer Key Required	No
Account with Service Required	No
Commercial Licensing
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees
Usage Limits	Retrieve a maximum of 1000 records per call
Terms of Service

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