Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of Information Act Agency Components API

Agencies and their FOIA components.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

GET /api/agency_components List agency components #

GET /api/agency_components/{id} Get agency component #

GET /api/agency_components/{id}/request_form Get an agency component's request form #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Agency Components API
  description: Public APIs published by FOIA.gov, including the Agency Components API (Drupal JSON:API) for browsing federal agencies and their FOIA components, and the Annual Report XML API for retrieving an agency's FOIA annual report. A separate Agency API specification defines how the FOIA.gov portal submits requests to participating agencies.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: National FOIA Portal
    email: National.FOIAPortal@usdoj.gov
    url: https://www.foia.gov/developer/
servers:
- url: https://api.foia.gov
  description: FOIA.gov public API
security:
- ApiKey: []
tags:
- name: Agency Components
  description: Agencies and their FOIA components.
paths:
  /api/agency_components:
    get:
      summary: List agency components
      description: List FOIA agency components. Follows the JSON:API specification (Drupal JSON:API module).
      operationId: listAgencyComponents
      tags:
      - Agency Components
      parameters:
      - name: fields[agency_component]
        in: query
        description: Sparse fieldset for agency_component.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fields[agency]
        in: query
        description: Sparse fieldset for agency.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: include
        in: query
        description: Related resources to include (e.g., agency).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of agency components.
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /api/agency_components/{id}:
    get:
      summary: Get agency component
      operationId: getAgencyComponent
      tags:
      - Agency Components
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Agency component detail.
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /api/agency_components/{id}/request_form:
    get:
      summary: Get an agency component's request form
      operationId: getAgencyComponentRequestForm
      tags:
      - Agency Components
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Request form for the component.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: API key for FOIA.gov public APIs.
    SharedSecret:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: FOIA-API-SECRET
      description: Shared secret token between Portal and agency.