FCC ECFS Public Notices & Filings Scraper
Pricing
Pay per usage
FCC ECFS Public Notices & Filings Scraper
Scrapes FCC ECFS (Electronic Comment Filing System) filings and public notices by docket/proceeding number. Returns filer name, document URLs, submission type and dates. Built for telco compliance, ISP regulatory ops and FCC reporters.
Pull FCC public notices and ECFS filings by proceeding/docket number. Returns filer name, date received, document URLs, submission type, and address for each filing. Built for telco compliance, ISP regulatory ops, and FCC news desks.
How to use
Set the proceeding input to an array of FCC docket numbers. The actor fetches up to limitPerProceeding filings per docket (default 25, max 100) sorted by newest first.
{"proceeding": ["17-108", "21-450", "23-65"],"limitPerProceeding": 25,"apiKey": "DEMO_KEY"}
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
proceeding | string[] | ["17-108","21-450","23-65"] | FCC proceeding/docket numbers (e.g. 17-108 net neutrality, 21-450 Affordable Connectivity) |
limitPerProceeding | integer | 25 | Max filings per docket (max 100) |
apiKey | string | DEMO_KEY | FCC API key from api.data.gov. DEMO_KEY works but is throttled to ~30 req/hr |
Example output row
{"snapshotAt": "2026-06-15T09:00:00+00:00","filing_id": "10242011490047","date_received": "2024-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","submission_type": "COMMENT","filer_name": "Electronic Frontier Foundation","proceeding": "17-108","document_filename": "EFF_Comments_17-108.pdf","document_url": "https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-401234A1.pdf","city": "San Francisco","state": "CA","text_snippet": "The Electronic Frontier Foundation submits these comments in support..."}
Pricing
| Event | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|
dataset-item | $0.005 | Per row returned |
A run pulling 25 filings across 3 proceedings (75 rows total) costs $0.375.
Buyer
- Telco & ISP regulatory teams tracking proceeding activity across key FCC dockets (net neutrality, spectrum, ACP).
- FCC reporters and policy analysts monitoring new comment filings in real time without clicking through ECFS manually.
- Law firms and compliance consultants building audit trails of filer participation by docket.
- Lobbyists and advocacy orgs tracking competitor and coalition filing activity across their priority proceedings.
- Data vendors ingesting structured FCC filing metadata for downstream legal research products.
Source
FCC ECFS Public API
https://publicapi.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings
- Docs: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/help/public-api-documentation
- Filter by docket:
proceedings.name={proceeding} - Sort:
sort=date_received,DESC - Max page size: 100 filings
- Rate limit: DEMO_KEY ~30 req/hr per IP; register at api.data.gov for 1 000 req/hr
- New filings drop ~midnight ET daily