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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Agency Components Agency Submission 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 Submission
  description: Portal-to-agency request submission API (implemented by participating agencies at foia-api.agency.gov).
paths:
  /components/{id}/requests/:
    post:
      summary: Submit a FOIA request to an agency component
      description: 'Submit a FOIA request from the National FOIA Portal to an agency component. Agencies implement this endpoint at their own host (recommended: `foia-api.agency.gov`).'
      operationId: submitAgencyRequest
      tags:
      - Agency Submission
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Unique identifier for the agency component.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgencyRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Request accepted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: integer
                  status_tracking_number:
                    type: string
        '404':
          description: Component not found.
        '500':
          description: Internal server error.
      security:
      - SharedSecret: []
components:
  schemas:
    AgencyRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - version
      - request_id
      - agency
      - agency_component_name
      - request_description
      - pdf
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
        request_id:
          type: integer
        agency:
          type: string
        agency_component_name:
          type: string
        request_description:
          type: string
          maxLength: 10000
        pdf:
          type: object
          description: Base64-encoded PDF of complete request.
        testing:
          type: boolean
  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.