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Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in the United States. The FCC exposes public APIs including the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) and the FCC Open Data portal.

Federal Communications Commission publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Datasets API, Filings API, Pirate Radio API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Communications, Federal-Government, and Open Data.

The Federal Communications Commission catalog on APIs.io includes 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Federal Communications Commission’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 5 more developer resources.

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28.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
CommunicationsFederal-GovernmentOpen Data

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 28.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 11.1 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 17
Access Clarity 2.7 / 17
Operational Transparency 1.2 / 11
Contract Governance 0.0 / 10
Discoverability 5.5 / 9
Regulatory Posture 3.3 / 15
Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Federal Communications Commission Datasets API

Dataset catalog and resources

Federal Communications Commission Filings API

The Filings API from Federal Communications Commission — 1 operation(s) for filings.

Federal Communications Commission Pirate Radio API

Pirate Radio Broadcasting Database

Federal Communications Commission Proceedings API

The Proceedings API from Federal Communications Commission — 1 operation(s) for proceedings.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

FCC ECFS API

OPEN COLLECTION

FCC ECFS Datasets API

OPEN COLLECTION

FCC ECFS Datasets Filings API

OPEN COLLECTION

FCC ECFS Datasets Pirate Radio API

OPEN COLLECTION

FCC ECFS Datasets Proceedings API

OPEN COLLECTION

FCC Open Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Federal Communications Commission Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Federal Communications Commission Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Federal Communications Commission Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Federal Communications Commission API Rules

0 rules ·

SPECTRAL

Federal Communications Commission API Rules

0 rules ·

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Federal Communications Commission Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Federal Communications Commission Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Federal Communications Commission Agentic Access

4 operations

4 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: federal-communications-commission
name: Federal Communications Commission
description: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television,
  wire, satellite, and cable in the United States. The FCC exposes public APIs including the Electronic Comment Filing System
  (ECFS) and the FCC Open Data portal.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-communications-commission.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
tags:
- Communications
- Federal-Government
- Open Data
tags_raw:
- Communications
- Federal Government
- Open Data
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: federal-communications-commission:federal-communications-commission-datasets-api
  name: Federal Communications Commission Datasets API
  description: Dataset catalog and resources
  humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/
  baseURL: https://publicapi.fcc.gov/ecfs
  tags:
  - Datasets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-communications-commission-datasets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/rules/ecfs-rules.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opendata.fcc.gov/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/rules/opendata-rules.yml
- aid: federal-communications-commission:federal-communications-commission-filings-api
  name: Federal Communications Commission Filings API
  description: The Filings API from Federal Communications Commission — 1 operation(s) for filings.
  humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/
  baseURL: https://publicapi.fcc.gov/ecfs
  tags:
  - Filings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-communications-commission-filings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/rules/ecfs-rules.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opendata.fcc.gov/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/rules/opendata-rules.yml
- aid: federal-communications-commission:federal-communications-commission-pirate-radio-api
  name: Federal Communications Commission Pirate Radio API
  description: Pirate Radio Broadcasting Database
  humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/
  baseURL: https://publicapi.fcc.gov/ecfs
  tags:
  - Pirate Radio
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-communications-commission-pirate-radio-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/rules/ecfs-rules.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opendata.fcc.gov/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/rules/opendata-rules.yml
- aid: federal-communications-commission:federal-communications-commission-proceedings-api
  name: Federal Communications Commission Proceedings API
  description: The Proceedings API from Federal Communications Commission — 1 operation(s) for proceedings.
  humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/
  baseURL: https://publicapi.fcc.gov/ecfs
  tags:
  - Proceedings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/federal-communications-commission-proceedings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/rules/ecfs-rules.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://opendata.fcc.gov/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-communications-commission/refs/heads/main/rules/opendata-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/federal-communications-commission-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/federal-communications-commission-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/federal-communications-commission-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/fcc
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/federal-communications-commission
- type: Website
  url: https://www.fcc.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com