Office of the Federal Register

Office of the Federal Register Documents API

The Documents API from Office of the Federal Register — 3 operation(s) for documents.

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Operations 3

GET /documents/{document_number}.json Fetch a Single Document #
GET /documents/{document_numbers}.json Fetch Multiple Documents #
GET /documents/facets/{facet} Document Counts By Facet #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/documentation/api/v1

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/office-of-the-federal-register/refs/heads/main/openapi/office-of-the-federal-register-documents-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

office-of-the-federal-register-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Office of the Federal Register Agencies Documents API
  description: Search, browse and learn about the Federal Register. Federal Register 2.0 is the unofficial daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Office of the Federal Register
    url: https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/documentation/api/v1
servers:
- url: https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1
  description: Federal Register API
tags:
- name: Documents
paths:
  /documents/{document_number}.json:
    get:
      summary: Fetch a Single Document
      description: Retrieve a single Federal Register document by its document number.
      operationId: getDocument
      parameters:
      - name: document_number
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The document number.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single Federal Register document.
      tags:
      - Documents
  /documents/{document_numbers}.json:
    get:
      summary: Fetch Multiple Documents
      description: Retrieve multiple Federal Register documents by comma-separated document numbers.
      operationId: getDocuments
      parameters:
      - name: document_numbers
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Comma-separated document numbers.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Federal Register documents.
      tags:
      - Documents
  /documents/facets/{facet}:
    get:
      summary: Document Counts By Facet
      description: Aggregate document counts grouped by a facet (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, agency, topic, section, type, subtype).
      operationId: getDocumentFacets
      parameters:
      - name: facet
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Facet to aggregate by.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Facet counts.
      tags:
      - Documents