You can access the US Federal Spending & Contracts - USAspending API programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "searchText": "construction",
10    "awardType": "contracts",
11    "sortBy": "Total Outlays",
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("channel_l/us-federal-spending-contracts").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

US Federal Spending & Contracts - USAspending API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use US Federal Spending & Contracts - USAspending API API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

US Federal Spending & Contracts - USAspending API API in JavaScript

US Federal Spending & Contracts - USAspending API API through CLI

US Federal Spending & Contracts - USAspending API OpenAPI definition

US Federal Spending & Contracts - USAspending API API

USAspending Awards Scraper

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An pulls structured U.S. federal spending records (contracts, grants, loans, and IDVs) from the USAspending API, filtering by agency, date range, recipient, location, or industry codes. It returns paginated award records with financial details and links to each award page.

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US Federal Spending Monitor - Contracts & Grants to JSON

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Search & monitor US federal contracts & grants via the official USAspending.gov API. Filter by keyword, type, agency and date; clean structured records with direct links.

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US Federal Contracts & Spending Scraper (USAspending)

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Export US federal awards, contracts and grants by keyword, recipient, agency and date from USAspending.gov. Govcon competitive intelligence, pay per result.

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US Federal Contract Spending Intelligence API

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Analyze US federal contract spending by agency and recipient. Clean JSON for suppliers, bid teams and AI agents.

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USAspending API Scraper for Federal Contracts

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Export normalized federal contract award data from the official USAspending.gov API for GovCon and procurement research.

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USASpending.gov Scraper — Federal Awards & Contracts

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Search US federal spending: contracts, grants, loans and direct payments by keyword, agency, date and amount. Get recipient, amount, agency, description, dates and location. For gov-contractor and grant intelligence. No setup.

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USASpending.gov Scraper

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Scrape USASpending.gov, the official open data source for US federal government spending. Covers contracts, grants, loans, and other awards totaling $6+ trillion annually across all federal agencies.

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USASpending Scraper - Federal Contracts & Grants Data

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Unofficial USASpending.gov API alternative: export federal contracts, grants & awards data to CSV/JSON without an API key or login.

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USAspending Federal Awards — Clean JSON

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Search $700B+ of US federal spending (contracts & grants) and get clean, normalized award rows: recipient, amount, agency, dates, description and a link. Free official source, no API key.