# NIST Data Discovery API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/nist-api/  
**Provider:** US Department of Commerce — https://apis.io/providers/us-department-of-commerce/  
**Documentation:** https://data.nist.gov/pdr/lps/

NIST Data Discovery API is one of 9 APIs that [US Department of Commerce](https://apis.io/providers/us-department-of-commerce/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Research Data, Standards, Materials Science, and Federal-Government. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology provides a Data Discovery API giving access to NIST's public data collections and research datasets covering materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering, and measurement standards.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://data.nist.gov/pdr/lps/
- **BaseURL** — https://data.nist.gov/rmm/records

## Other US Department of Commerce APIs (8)

- [US Census Bureau Data API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/census-bureau-api/)
- [Bureau of Economic Analysis API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/bea-api/)
- [International Trade Administration Trade Data API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/ita-trade-api/)
- [NOAA Climate and Weather API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/noaa-api/)
- [Commerce Data Hub Open Data Portal API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/commerce-data-hub-api/)
- [US Department of Commerce Blogs API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/us-department-of-commerce-blogs-api/)
- [US Department of Commerce Images API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/us-department-of-commerce-images-api/)
- [US Department of Commerce News API](https://apis.io/apis/us-department-of-commerce/us-department-of-commerce-news-api/)

## Tags

Research Data, Standards, Materials Science, Federal-Government

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