openFDA
by open.fda.gov
Health
Added on October 31st, 2026
Checked and working on November 1st, 2026
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What it does
openFDA from the US Food and Drug Administration gives public data on drugs (labels, adverse event reports, recalls), medical devices, foods and tobacco. Search and count records with a simple query syntax. Responses are JSON. Free; works without a key, and a free API key raises the daily limit. The data is for information only, not for medical decisions.
At a glance
- API key
- Not needed · More APIs with no key
- Pricing
- Free; works without a key, and a free API key raises the daily limit.
- From the browser
- Yes (CORS)
- Formats
- JSON
- Interface
- REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider
- open.fda.gov
- Last checked
- Working on November 1st, 2026
More information: https://open.fda.gov/apis/
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Example request
curl
curl 'https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?limit=1'JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?limit=1");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?limit=1",
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.