Federal Register API
by federalregister.gov
Government and law
Added on November 7th, 2026
Checked and working on November 7th, 2026
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What it does
The Federal Register API searches the daily journal of the US government: proposed and final rules, notices and presidential documents since 1994, with their agencies, dates and full text, for example to follow new rules about a topic. Responses are JSON or CSV. Free, no key needed.
At a glance
- API key
- Not needed · More APIs with no key
- Pricing
- Free, no key needed.
- From the browser
- Yes (CORS)
- Formats
- JSON, CSV
- Interface
- REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider
- federalregister.gov
- Last checked
- Working on November 7th, 2026
More information: https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/documentation/api/v1
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Example request
curl
curl 'https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1&conditions[term]=water'JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1&conditions[term]=water");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1&conditions[term]=water",
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.