# openFDA

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/openfda/  
**Provider:** Life Sciences — https://apis.io/providers/life-sciences/  
**Base URL:** https://api.fda.gov/  
**Documentation:** https://open.fda.gov/

openFDA is one of 22 APIs that [Life Sciences](https://apis.io/providers/life-sciences/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include FDA, Drug, Device, Food, and Adverse Events. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 1 JSON Schema.

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration project that exposes public FDA data via a single Elasticsearch-backed REST/JSON API. Covers adverse-event reports, drug labels, recalls, NDC directory, device 510(k) and adverse events, food enforcement, tobacco problem reports, and animal/vet adverse events.

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **Documentation** — https://open.fda.gov/apis/
- **Documentation** — https://open.fda.gov/apis/drug/
- **Documentation** — https://open.fda.gov/apis/device/
- **Documentation** — https://open.fda.gov/apis/food/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/FDA/openfda
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/life-sciences/refs/heads/main/json-schema/drug-schema.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/life-sciences/refs/heads/main/examples/drug-example.json

## Other Life Sciences APIs (12)

- [EU Clinical Trials Register / CTIS](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/eu-clinical-trials-register-ctis/)
- [DailyMed](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/dailymed/)
- [RxNorm API](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/rxnorm-api/)
- [DrugBank API](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/drugbank-api/)
- [NCBI Entrez E-utilities](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/ncbi-entrez-e-utilities/)
- [Ensembl REST API](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/ensembl-rest-api/)
- [UCSC Genome Browser REST API](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/ucsc-genome-browser-rest-api/)
- [ClinVar (via E-utilities)](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/clinvar-via-e-utilities/)
- [dbSNP (via E-utilities)](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/dbsnp-via-e-utilities/)
- [HL7 FHIR](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/hl7-fhir/)
- [SMART on FHIR](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/smart-on-fhir/)
- [Benchling Developer Platform](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/benchling-developer-platform/)

## Tags

FDA, Drug, Device, Food, Adverse Events, Regulator

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