Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission Filings API

The Filings API from Federal Communications Commission — 1 operation(s) for filings.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: FCC ECFS Datasets Filings API
  description: The FCC Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) public API provides programmatic access to filings, proceedings, and submissions made to the Federal Communications Commission.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: FCC Developer
    url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers
servers:
- url: https://publicapi.fcc.gov/ecfs
  description: ECFS public API
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Filings
paths:
  /filings:
    get:
      operationId: listFilings
      summary: Search ECFS filings
      description: Returns a list of filings submitted to the FCC ECFS system.
      tags:
      - Filings
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: api.data.gov API key.
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 25
          maximum: 100
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: proceedings.name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Proceeding (docket) number filter.
      - name: sort
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Field name and direction (e.g. date_disseminated,DESC).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Filings response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  filing:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Filing'
components:
  schemas:
    Filing:
      type: object
      properties:
        id_submission:
          type: string
        date_received:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        date_submission:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        date_disseminated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        date_last_modified:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        delegated_authority_number:
          type: string
        bureaus:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              code:
                type: string
              name:
                type: string
        proceedings:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              description:
                type: string
              bureau_code:
                type: string
              bureau_name:
                type: string
        documents:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              filename:
                type: string
              src:
                type: string
              description:
                type: string
        filers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
        submissiontype:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
            type:
              type: string
            short:
              type: string
            description:
              type: string
        filingstatus:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
            description:
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: api.data.gov API key passed as a query parameter.