Openfda

openFDA offers free access with and without an API key. API keys are free to obtain and provide significantly higher rate limits for regular use.

Openfda is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.

It defines 2 plans, with named plans including Anonymous, API Key (Free).

Tagged areas include Health, Public Health, Grants, Interoperability, and FHIR.

2 Plans
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HealthPublic HealthGrantsInteroperabilityFHIRGovernmentOpen DataFDAHRSAONC

Plans

Anonymous

Access without an API key. Suitable for occasional exploratory use.

API Key (Free)

Free API key providing higher throughput for regular use in applications and research.

Work with this as data

Every plan here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

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Tools for plans

4 MCP tools reach this
  • find_plansBrowse and filter every plan in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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Call it yourself

curl for this page
This plan
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/plans/openfda"
All plans
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/plans?limit=25"

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