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The advanced search feature, as well as the Influence Explorer API are approaching end of life, and will be retired on December 31st, 2015. Please refer to our deprecation notice for more details.
API
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Federal Contracts
End Point
JSON response format:
http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/contracts.json
CSV response format:
http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/contracts.csv
Excel response format:
http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/contracts.xls
Parameters
- agency_id
- The FIPS code for the agency.
- agency_name
- Full-text search on the name of the agency.
- contracting_agency_id
- The FIPS code for the contracting agency.
- contracting_agency_name
- Full-text search on the name of the contracting agency.
- current_amount
Current value of the contract in US dollars in one of the following formats:
Example Description 500 exactly 500 dollars >|500 greater than or equal to 500 <|500 less than or equal to 500 - fiscal_year
The year in which the grant was awarded. A YYYY formatted year, 2006 - 2010.
Example Description 2006 2006 2006|2008 2006 OR 2008 - maximum_amount
Maximum possible value of the contract in US dollars in one of the following formats:
Example Description 500 exactly 500 dollars >|500 greater than or equal to 500 <|500 less than or equal to 500 - place_district
- The congressional district in which the contract action will be performed.
- place_state_code
- FIPS code for state in which the contract action will be performed.
- requesting_agency_id
- The FIPS code for the requesting agency.
- requesting_agency_name
- Full-text search on the name of the contracting agency.
- obligated_amount
The amount obligated or de-obligated by the transaction in US dollars in one of the following formats:
Example Description 500 exactly 500 dollars >|500 greater than or equal to 500 <|500 less than or equal to 500 - vendor_city
- Full-text search on the name of the primary city in which the contractor does business.
- vendor_district
- The primary congressional district in which the contractor does business.
- vendor_duns
- The Dun and Bradstreet number assigned to the contractor.
- vendor_name
- Full-text search on the name of the contractor.
- vendor_parent_duns
- The Dun and Bradstreet number assigned to the corporate parent of the contractor.
- vendor_state
- The primary state in which the contractor does business.
- vendor_zipcode
- The primary zipcode in which the contractor does business.
