# USAspending Federal Awards Scraper — API Automation

**Use case:** 

Run USAspending Federal Awards Scraper for API, agent, and automation workflows. Export structured results for research, reporting, integrations, and repeatable

## Input

```json
{
  "startDate": "2025-01-01",
  "endDate": "2025-12-31",
  "awardCategories": [
    "contracts",
    "grants"
  ],
  "sortBy": "amount",
  "sortOrder": "desc",
  "maxResults": 25,
  "pageSize": 100
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "awardId": {
    "label": "Award ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardCategory": {
    "label": "Award Category",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "recipientName": {
    "label": "Recipient Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awardAmount": {
    "label": "Normalized Award Amount",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "awardingAgency": {
    "label": "Awarding Agency",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "startDate": {
    "label": "Start or Issued Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lastModifiedDate": {
    "label": "Last Modified Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "USAspending Award URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The USAspending Awards Scraper — Federal Contracts & Grants API Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "USAspending Federal Awards Scraper — API Automation". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/kJZhQozqPb0Sls4rg) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "USAspending Federal Awards Scraper — API Automation" task

The USAspending Awards Scraper — Federal Contracts & Grants API Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like action date start, action date end, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "USAspending Federal Awards Scraper — API Automation" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as award id, award category, recipient name, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "USAspending Federal Awards Scraper — API Automation" task via API](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/usaspending-awards-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [USAspending Awards Scraper — Federal Contracts & Grants API](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/usaspending-awards-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/usaspending-awards-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/muhammadafzal/usaspending-awards-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).