You can access the Federal Contract Awards Explorer (USAspending.gov) 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 = { "keywords": ["cybersecurity"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("utility-belt-labs/contract-awards-explorer").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Federal Contract Awards Explorer - USAspending Data API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Federal Contract Awards Explorer (USAspending.gov) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Federal Contract Awards Explorer (USAspending.gov) API in JavaScript

Federal Contract Awards Explorer (USAspending.gov) API through CLI

Federal Contract Awards Explorer (USAspending.gov) OpenAPI definition

Federal Contract Awards Explorer (USAspending.gov) API

USAspending.gov Scraper (US Federal Contracts & Awards)

opendata-labs/usaspending-scraper

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Joao Paulo

UK Contracts Finder Scraper

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Extract UK public sector contract notices, awards and pipelines from Contracts Finder (OCDS API): notice id, title, description, buyer, value, classification, deadlines and award details. Export data, run via API, schedule and monitor runs, or integrate with other tools.

Public Money

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Federal Contract Award Leads — Companies That Just Won

omegapointsolutions/federal-contract-award-leads

US companies that just won a federal contract, from the official USASpending.gov API — with award amount, agency, NAICS/PSC, location and UEI. Scored by freshness, award size and repeat wins. For subcontractors, suppliers, staffing firms, GovCon consultants and receivables factors.

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SEC Form D Private Raises Feed (EDGAR startup funding)

utility-belt-labs/sec-form-d-raises

Daily feed of new SEC Form D private offerings from EDGAR: company, industry, state, offering amount, amount sold, filing link. Filter by industry, state, minimum raise; only-new mode for alerts.

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Places Finder: Overture + OpenStreetMap (Open Data)

utility-belt-labs/places-finder-open-data

Find places (cafes, restaurants, shops) by category and city, merging Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap open data.

Utility Belt Labs

Federal Contract Awards Scraper: New Gov Contract Winners

agents001/us-federal-contract-awards

Returns new US federal contract awards from USAspending.gov: winning company, UEI, city and state, awarding agency, amount, NAICS, PSC, description, award date and award page link. Filter by date, amount, NAICS, state, agency and keyword. Grants and IDVs optional. Company-level data only.

Mike Ross

USAspending Federal Contracts & Grants + New Award Alerts

mediapro-tools/usaspending-federal-awards

Search US federal contract and grant awards from the official USAspending.gov API. No login. Export JSON/CSV/Excel. Pay only per result.

Jeremy Yarbrough

USA Federal Contracts Scraper — SAM.gov Contract Opportunities

yourwingman/usa-federal-contracts-scraper

Search and extract federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov by keyword, agency, NAICS code, and set-aside type. Get solicitation numbers, titles, response deadlines, and descriptions for government procurement leads.

Wingman

USAspending Federal Awards Monitor (Contracts & Grants)

brightish_ascent/usaspending-awards-monitor

Unofficial; not affiliated with USAspending.gov or Treasury. Search and monitor U.S. federal contract, IDV and grant awards via the official USAspending API. Filter by keyword, recipient, agency, NAICS, assistance listing, state, amount. Only-new results plus amount changes.

Michael Rice

SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Scraper: Federal Bids

scrapemint/sam-gov-contract-opportunities

US federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov by keyword, NAICS, set-aside, notice type, state and posted date: deadlines, agency, contracting officer email and phone, place of performance, full description and attachment links. No API key needed.