Data Sources
GEThttps://api-federal-contracts.dataandapis.com/v1/sources
Data Sources is an endpoint of the Federal Contracts API. 86,500 active SAM.gov opportunities and 48,000 awards over $1M, searchable and refreshed daily.
Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. Each call costs 1 token; a free key includes 500 tokens a month.
Request
This endpoint takes no parameters.
Example request
curl
curl "https://api-federal-contracts.dataandapis.com/v1/sources" \
-H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"Node.js
const res = await fetch("https://api-federal-contracts.dataandapis.com/v1/sources", {
headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.DATAANDAPIS_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();Python
import os, requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api-federal-contracts.dataandapis.com/v1/sources",
headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["DATAANDAPIS_KEY"]},
)
data = r.json()Example response
Example response{
"ok": true,
"count": 2,
"sources": [
{
"slug": "sam-opportunities",
"name": "SAM.gov Contract Opportunities (full public extract)",
"publisher": "US General Services Administration",
"licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
"source_url": "https://sam.gov/opportunities",
"file_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/falextracts/Contract%20Opportunities/datagov/ContractOpportunitiesFullCSV.csv",
"cadence": "daily extract; notices from the last 7 days upserted daily",
"record_count": 86517,
"retrieved_at": "2026-08-29",
"updated_at": "2026-08-29 07:00:32"
},
{
"slug": "usaspending-awards",
"name": "USAspending prime contract awards >= $1,000,000 (trailing 12 months)",
"publisher": "US Department of the Treasury",
"licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
"source_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/",
"file_url": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/",
"cadence": "trailing 14-day window upserted daily",
"record_count": 48279,
"retrieved_at": "2026-08-29",
"updated_at": "2026-08-29 07:00:32"
}
…
Show full response
Example response
{
"ok": true,
"count": 2,
"sources": [
{
"slug": "sam-opportunities",
"name": "SAM.gov Contract Opportunities (full public extract)",
"publisher": "US General Services Administration",
"licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
"source_url": "https://sam.gov/opportunities",
"file_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/falextracts/Contract%20Opportunities/datagov/ContractOpportunitiesFullCSV.csv",
"cadence": "daily extract; notices from the last 7 days upserted daily",
"record_count": 86517,
"retrieved_at": "2026-08-29",
"updated_at": "2026-08-29 07:00:32"
},
{
"slug": "usaspending-awards",
"name": "USAspending prime contract awards >= $1,000,000 (trailing 12 months)",
"publisher": "US Department of the Treasury",
"licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
"source_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/",
"file_url": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/",
"cadence": "trailing 14-day window upserted daily",
"record_count": 48279,
"retrieved_at": "2026-08-29",
"updated_at": "2026-08-29 07:00:32"
}
…{
"ok": true,
"count": 2,
"sources": [
{
"slug": "sam-opportunities",
"name": "SAM.gov Contract Opportunities (full public extract)",
"publisher": "US General Services Administration",
"licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
"source_url": "https://sam.gov/opportunities",
"file_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/falextracts/Contract%20Opportunities/datagov/ContractOpportunitiesFullCSV.csv",
"cadence": "daily extract; notices from the last 7 days upserted daily",
"record_count": 86517,
"retrieved_at": "2026-08-29",
"updated_at": "2026-08-29 07:00:32"
},
{
"slug": "usaspending-awards",
"name": "USAspending prime contract awards >= $1,000,000 (trailing 12 months)",
"publisher": "US Department of the Treasury",
"licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
"source_url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/",
"file_url": "https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/",
"cadence": "trailing 14-day window upserted daily",
"record_count": 48279,
"retrieved_at": "2026-08-29",
"updated_at": "2026-08-29 07:00:32"
}
]
}