# USAspending Awards Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/usaspending-awards-scraper`) Actor 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. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/usaspending-awards-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## USAspending Awards Scraper An Apify actor that scrapes individual U.S. federal award records — contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, IDVs — from the official [USAspending.gov API](https://api.usaspending.gov/). ### Input | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `awardCategory` | string | `contracts` (A,B,C,D), `assistance` (grants/loans/direct/other), or `idvs`. Sets default award type codes. | | `awardTypeCodes` | array | Explicit `award_type_codes` override. Empty = category default. | | `startDate` / `endDate` | string | Action-date window `YYYY-MM-DD` (required by the API). Defaults to FY2025. | | `awardingAgency` | string | Toptier agency name, e.g. `"Department of Defense"`. | | `recipientSearchText` | string | Recipient name search, e.g. `"Lockheed"`. | | `keywords` | string | Full-text keyword. | | `placeOfPerformanceState` | string | 2-letter state code. | | `naicsCode` / `pscCode` | string | Industry / product-service code (contracts). | | `fields` | array | Columns to request; empty = default set. Invalid names cause an API error. | | `maxRecords` | integer | Stop after this many (paginated 100/request). | | `impersonate` | string | curl_cffi fingerprint. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional. | #### Example input ```json { "awardCategory": "contracts", "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense", "startDate": "2024-10-01", "endDate": "2025-09-30", "maxRecords": 100 } ```` ### Output One item per award (the requested `fields` plus a `url` to the USAspending award page): ```json { "internal_id": 12345678, "Award ID": "...", "Recipient Name": "...", "Awarding Agency": "Department of Defense", "Awarding Sub Agency": "Department of the Navy", "Award Amount": 12345678.0, "Start Date": "2025-01-01", "End Date": "2026-12-31", "Award Type": "DEFINITIVE CONTRACT", "generated_internal_id": "CONT_AWD_...", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_..." } ``` - Results are sorted by `Award Amount` desc; pagination follows `page_metadata.hasNext`, bounded by `maxRecords`. # Actor input Schema ## `awardCategory` (type: `string`): Which family of awards to search. Sets the default award\_type\_codes (override below if needed). ## `awardTypeCodes` (type: `array`): Explicit USAspending award\_type\_codes. Leave empty to use the category default. E.g. \["A","B"] for definitive/purchase-order contracts. ## `startDate` (type: `string`): Start of the action-date window (required by the API). Default = start of FY2025. ## `endDate` (type: `string`): End of the action-date window. Default = end of FY2025. ## `awardingAgency` (type: `string`): Exact toptier agency name. E.g. "Department of Defense", "Department of Homeland Security". ## `recipientSearchText` (type: `string`): Recipient name search. E.g. "Lockheed". ## `keywords` (type: `string`): Full-text keyword filter across award fields. ## `placeOfPerformanceState` (type: `string`): 2-letter state code for place of performance. E.g. "VA". ## `naicsCode` (type: `string`): Industry code (contracts only). E.g. "541512". ## `pscCode` (type: `string`): PSC code (contracts only). E.g. "D302". ## `fields` (type: `array`): USAspending field names to request. Leave empty for a sensible default set. Invalid names cause an API error. ## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`): Stop after this many awards (paginated 100 per request). ## `impersonate` (type: `string`): TLS/JA3 fingerprint to impersonate. The API is open, so this is for consistency. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): USAspending is a public .gov API; a proxy is optional, useful for large/scheduled runs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "awardCategory": "contracts", "awardTypeCodes": [], "startDate": "2024-10-01", "endDate": "2025-09-30", "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense", "fields": [], "maxRecords": 100, "impersonate": "chrome", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "awardCategory": "contracts", "awardTypeCodes": [], "startDate": "2024-10-01", "endDate": "2025-09-30", "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense", "recipientSearchText": "", "keywords": "", "placeOfPerformanceState": "", "naicsCode": "", "pscCode": "", "fields": [], "maxRecords": 100, "impersonate": "chrome", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/usaspending-awards-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "awardCategory": "contracts", "awardTypeCodes": [], "startDate": "2024-10-01", "endDate": "2025-09-30", "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense", "recipientSearchText": "", "keywords": "", "placeOfPerformanceState": "", "naicsCode": "", "pscCode": "", "fields": [], "maxRecords": 100, "impersonate": "chrome", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/usaspending-awards-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "awardCategory": "contracts", "awardTypeCodes": [], "startDate": "2024-10-01", "endDate": "2025-09-30", "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense", "recipientSearchText": "", "keywords": "", "placeOfPerformanceState": "", "naicsCode": "", "pscCode": "", "fields": [], "maxRecords": 100, "impersonate": "chrome", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/usaspending-awards-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/usaspending-awards-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "USAspending Awards Scraper", "description": "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.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "IPkPFzEM5FwUEocfI" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~usaspending-awards-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-usaspending-awards-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~usaspending-awards-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-usaspending-awards-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~usaspending-awards-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-usaspending-awards-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "awardCategory": { "title": "Award category", "enum": [ "contracts", "assistance", "idvs" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which family of awards to search. Sets the default award_type_codes (override below if needed).", "default": "contracts" }, "awardTypeCodes": { "title": "Award type codes (override)", "type": "array", "description": "Explicit USAspending award_type_codes. Leave empty to use the category default. E.g. [\"A\",\"B\"] for definitive/purchase-order contracts.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "startDate": { "title": "Time period start (YYYY-MM-DD)", "type": "string", "description": "Start of the action-date window (required by the API). Default = start of FY2025.", "default": "2024-10-01" }, "endDate": { "title": "Time period end (YYYY-MM-DD)", "type": "string", "description": "End of the action-date window. Default = end of FY2025.", "default": "2025-09-30" }, "awardingAgency": { "title": "Awarding agency (toptier name)", "type": "string", "description": "Exact toptier agency name. E.g. \"Department of Defense\", \"Department of Homeland Security\"." }, "recipientSearchText": { "title": "Recipient contains", "type": "string", "description": "Recipient name search. E.g. \"Lockheed\"." }, "keywords": { "title": "Keyword", "type": "string", "description": "Full-text keyword filter across award fields." }, "placeOfPerformanceState": { "title": "Place of performance state", "type": "string", "description": "2-letter state code for place of performance. E.g. \"VA\"." }, "naicsCode": { "title": "NAICS code", "type": "string", "description": "Industry code (contracts only). E.g. \"541512\"." }, "pscCode": { "title": "Product/Service code (PSC)", "type": "string", "description": "PSC code (contracts only). E.g. \"D302\"." }, "fields": { "title": "Columns to return (override)", "type": "array", "description": "USAspending field names to request. Leave empty for a sensible default set. Invalid names cause an API error.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxRecords": { "title": "Max records", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Stop after this many awards (paginated 100 per request)." }, "impersonate": { "title": "Browser fingerprint (curl_cffi)", "enum": [ "chrome", "chrome124", "chrome131", "safari17_0", "edge101" ], "type": "string", "description": "TLS/JA3 fingerprint to impersonate. The API is open, so this is for consistency.", "default": "chrome" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "USAspending is a public .gov API; a proxy is optional, useful for large/scheduled runs.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```