# HealthData.gov SODA API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/healthdata/healthdatagov-soda-api/  
**Provider:** HealthData.gov — https://apis.io/providers/healthdata/  
**Base URL:** https://healthdata.gov  
**Documentation:** https://healthdata.gov

HealthData.gov SODA API is published by [HealthData.gov](https://apis.io/providers/healthdata/) on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Open Data, Health, Medicare, Hospital Quality, and Drug Utilization. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

The Socrata Open Data API (SODA) provides programmatic access to all public datasets hosted on HealthData.gov. Each dataset is accessible through a unique eight-character identifier inserted into the REST endpoint. Queries are expressed using SoQL (Socrata Query Language), a SQL-like syntax that supports filtering, sorting, aggregation, and pagination. Datasets span Medicare inpatient and outpatient claims, hospital compare quality scores, state drug utilization data, community health indicators, and thousands of additional HHS datasets. No authentication is required for public datasets; an app token raises the default request quota significantly.

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **Documentation** — https://dev.socrata.com/consumers/getting-started.html
- **OpenAPI** — https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
- **Authentication** — https://dev.socrata.com/docs/authentication.html
- **AppTokens** — https://dev.socrata.com/docs/app-tokens.html
- **SoQLQueryLanguage** — https://dev.socrata.com/docs/queries/
- **DataCatalog** — https://healthdata.gov/browse
- **GitHubOrganization** — https://github.com/HHS/healthdata.gov
- **Plans** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/healthdata/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/healthdata/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- **FinOps** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/healthdata/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/healthdata/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Tags

Open Data, Health, Medicare, Hospital Quality, Drug Utilization, SODA, Socrata

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/healthdata/healthdatagov-soda-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/healthdata/.