Federal Register API Feed: Rules, Proposed Rules & Notices
Pricing
Pay per event
Daily Federal Register API feed: new rules, proposed rules, notices, executive orders and other presidential documents, plus the public inspection desk. Filter by agency, type, keyword, CFR part or open comment period; dedupe across runs. Unofficial.
maxItems default, prefill and code fallback (DEFAULT_MAX_ITEMS, used for omitted, null or blank maxItems) are now 9 (were 10). {} and the prefill push at most 9 documents = $0.009 plus Apify's $0.00005 start event = $0.00905, under the $0.01 Store test limit (10 documents were $0.01005). The start event is unchanged.{"lookbackDays": 3, "documentTypes": ["RULE", "PRORULE"], "agencies": [], "maxItems": 9}. Compared with before: maxItems 10 to 9, "mode": "daily_feed" removed (it is the default, so the run is the same) and "agencies": [] added (empty = all agencies, as before).maxItems schema description says "Empty = 9"; the DEFAULT_MAX_ITEMS and _int comments in my_actor/main.py say 9 / $0.009.README.md and the identical README.proposed.md (line 55 maxItems default 9; line 209 at most 9 documents, about $0.00905); pricing.json _note and estimatedCostExamples.emptyInputAutoTest.tests/test_input.py (test_empty_input_defaults; test_blank_max_items_gives_default_10 renamed ..._9; test_prefill_input_capped_at_10 renamed ..._9), tests/test_main.py::test_empty_input_safe_and_polite (9 items), tests/test_pricing.py::test_small_default_run_cost (9, $0.00905).document_number (checked on the live API: all 104 documents published 2026-10-28 were on the 2026-10-27 public inspection desk under the same number; 100 of the 104 titles differ, so titles are not a usable key). With only-new on, a published document whose filing (FR:public_inspection:<n>) was already delivered under the same state key is now skipped and not charged (one row and one $0.001 charge per document number per state key). The reverse is skipped too, and within one run the same number is never charged twice, even with only-new off. New RUN_SUMMARY.skippedSeenOtherStage counts these; they are also in skippedSeen. The state format is unchanged (same ids), so existing state keys keep working. Different state keys stay independent.maxItems default, prefill, code fallback (DEFAULT_MAX_ITEMS) and exampleRunInput are now 10 (were 100). {} = at most 10 documents = $0.010 plus Apify's $0.00005 start event.recordType: "status", status: "warning" or "empty") and still succeeds.source.legalNote, which says pdfUrl is the public inspection PDF (not the official edition) and to check govinfo.gov once the document is published. Published documents keep the govinfo note.maxItems now says a full issue had 63 to 146 documents (measured October 13-30, 2026) instead of 100 to 300; lookbackDays now describes what the code does (weekday issues from today minus N calendar days through today, so 3 reads 4 issues on a Thursday or Friday, 3 on a Wednesday or Saturday, 2 on a Sunday, Monday or Tuesday); includePublicInspection and onlyNewSinceLastRun describe the cross-stage dedupe.pricing.json now says Apify's apify-actor-start event ($0.00005 per GB, VERIFIED in live pricing) applies; examples updated to 10 documents and 63-146 documents per issue.my_actor/main.py, my_actor/sources.py, .actor/input_schema.json (descriptions and maxItems default/prefill), .actor/actor.json (exampleRunInput.maxItems only; Actor description and version unchanged), .actor/dataset_schema.json (recordType description), pricing.json, tests/test_main.py, tests/test_input.py, tests/test_sources.py, tests/test_pricing.py, tests/check_dataset.py, CHANGELOG.md. README.md updated to match (maxItems 10, lookback weekdays, cross-stage dedupe, status row, public inspection legal note).lookbackDays counts calendar days back from today). No code changes.document, $0.001 per document, plus Apify's apify-actor-start event ($0.00005 per GB of run memory, 1 event at the default 1 GB); no $0 events. {} and the prefill are capped at 100 documents ($0.10). Blank maxItems gives the default 100.