You can access the USAspending Award and Grant Leads 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 = {
9    "searchKeywords": [
10        "source-backed signal",
11        "buyer fit",
12    ],
13    "taskIntent": "buyer-ready-product-run",
14    "sourceMode": "startUrls",
15    "outputMode": "buyer-ready-records",
16    "startUrls": [],
17    "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
18    "maxRequestRetries": 2,
19    "sinceLastRun": False,
20    "deltaMode": True,
21}
22
23# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
24run = client.actor("zentrafoundry/govcon-grants-bid-fit-scorer-v2").call(run_input=run_input)
25
26# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
27print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
28for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
29    print(item)
30
31# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

USAspending awards and grants — official API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use USAspending Award and Grant Leads API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

USAspending Award and Grant Leads API in JavaScript

USAspending Award and Grant Leads API through CLI

USAspending Award and Grant Leads OpenAPI definition

USAspending Award and Grant Leads API

USAspending Award Search

prophed/usaspending-award-search

Search official US federal award data through USAspending.gov and emit normalized award records.

Prophed Com

USAspending Federal Award Watch (post-award)

nexgenwatch/usaspending-federal-award-watch

POST-AWARD ONLY: awards that have already been made, as published by USAspending.

NexGen Watch

USAspending Awards Scraper

parseforge/usaspending-scraper

Scrapes federal award and sub-award records from USAspending.gov. Returns each award as a flat row with dollar amount, recipient, agency, location, and classification codes.

ParseForge

5.0

USAspending Federal Award Scraper

publicmoney/usaspending-awards-scraper

Extract US federal awards from USAspending: award id, recipient, award amount, outlays, description, awarding and funding agency, award type and period. Export data, run via API, schedule and monitor runs, or integrate with other tools.

Public Money

5.0

USAspending Award Monitor — New Federal Contract Awards

eschalon/usaspending-award-monitor

Track newly awarded US federal contracts from the official USAspending API — recipient, agency, amount, dates, and award links. Filter by minimum amount and award types.

Corey Kuwanoe

USAspending Contracts Scraper

parseforge/usaspending-contracts-scraper

Scrapes federal contract awards from USAspending.gov by recipient name, fiscal year, or award type group. Returns each award as a flat row with agency, amount, recipient, and award ID.

ParseForge

Usaspending Awards Scraper

smorgi_apps/usaspending-awards-scraper

Scrape federal award spending from the official USAspending.gov API v2. Keyword, agency, award-type, and date filters. No API key. Empty searches free. ~$1/1k.

Smorgi Apps

SAM/USAspending Contract Awards API

jeeves_is_my_copilot/sam-gov-contract-awards

Search federal contract award records via USAspending/SAM-compatible keyword inputs.

Alexander Abernathy

USAspending Scraper: Federal Contracts & Grants

thoob/federal-spending-feed

Clean, flat federal award records from the official USAspending.gov API, filtered by date, award type, agency, recipient, place, and amount, with a what-changed-since-last-run mode. Billed only per delivered award, no start fee.