Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a U.S. federal agency that enforces antitrust and consumer protection laws affecting virtually every area of commerce. The FTC operates a small public, read-only REST API at https://api.ftc.gov/v0 — fronted by the api.data.gov gateway and covering Do Not Call consumer complaint reports and Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger early termination notices — alongside a Project Open Data (DCAT-US 1.1) inventory of 95 datasets at https://www.ftc.gov/data.json. Two further developer-facing programmes are gated rather than public: the National Do Not Call Registry telemarketer download at telemarketing.donotcall.gov, and the Consumer Sentinel Network of consumer complaint data shared with vetted law enforcement.

Federal Trade Commission publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Antitrust, Consumer Protection, Do Not Call, Federal Government, and Law Enforcement.

Federal Trade Commission’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, signup flow, support, authentication, sandbox, product news, and 23 more developer resources.

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Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 8.9 / 17

Access Clarity 7.2 / 17

Operational Transparency 4.9 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.0 / 9

Regulatory Posture 4.6 / 15

Agent readiness — 11/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

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A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

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Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 6

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

FTC Developer Portal

The FTC Developer Portal is the central hub for developer documentation, data dictionaries, and access program details for FTC-managed datasets and services. It names the API ba...

Do Not Call (DNC) Reported Calls Data API

Read-only REST endpoint returning consumer reports of unwanted and illegal telemarketing calls, filterable by complaint date, violation date, consumer state and city, originatin...

HSR Early Termination Notices API

Read-only REST endpoint returning Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notifications for which early termination of the waiting period was granted, filterable by title keyword, transacti...

National Do Not Call Registry

The National Do Not Call Registry program lets telemarketers and sellers download phone-number data they must scrub against before placing calls. Access is provisioned through t...

Consumer Sentinel Network

Consumer Sentinel is the FTC's secure online database of consumer reports of fraud, identity theft, and other complaints, made available to participating federal, state, local, ...

HSR Premerger Notification

The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification Program coordinates premerger filings reviewed by the FTC and DOJ. Filings are submitted electronically through the dedicated ...

Pricing Plans 1

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Federal Trade Commission Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Federal Trade Commission Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Federal Trade Commission Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

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

Federal Trade Commission Authentication

3 schemes

SECURITY

Federal Trade Commission Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Federal Trade Commission Vulnerability Disclosure

Bugcrowd

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

SignUp

SignUp

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Conformance

Lifecycle

DataModel

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

Plans

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

News

News

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

DataCatalog

DataCatalog

Open Data

Open Data

Consumer Resources

Consumer Resources

Source (apis.yml)

aid: federal-trade-commission
name: Federal Trade Commission
description: 'The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a U.S. federal agency that enforces antitrust and consumer protection
  laws affecting virtually every area of commerce. The FTC operates a small public, read-only REST API at https://api.ftc.gov/v0
  — fronted by the api.data.gov gateway and covering Do Not Call consumer complaint reports and Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger
  early termination notices — alongside a Project Open Data (DCAT-US 1.1) inventory of 95 datasets at https://www.ftc.gov/data.json.
  Two further developer-facing programmes are gated rather than public: the National Do Not Call Registry telemarketer download
  at telemarketing.donotcall.gov, and the Consumer Sentinel Network of consumer complaint data shared with vetted law enforcement.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - federaltradecommission/ftc-api-docs
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-service
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Free public API — self-service api.data.gov key, DEMO_KEY works with no signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - https://www.ftc.gov/developer
  - https://api.data.gov/signup/
  generated: '2026-09-09'
  method: probed
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-trade-commission.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-09-09'
position: Producing
tags:
- Antitrust
- Consumer Protection
- Do Not Call
- Federal Government
- Law Enforcement
- Open Data
tags_raw:
- Antitrust
- Consumer Protection
- Do Not Call
- Federal Government
- Law Enforcement
- Open Data
- Federal-Government
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-trade-commission/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: federal-trade-commission:developer-portal
  name: FTC Developer Portal
  description: The FTC Developer Portal is the central hub for developer documentation, data dictionaries, and access program
    details for FTC-managed datasets and services. It names the API base URL (https://api.ftc.gov/v0), the api.data.gov key
    requirement, and the two published endpoints.
  humanURL: https://www.ftc.gov/developer
  baseURL: https://api.ftc.gov
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Documentation
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Documentation
  - Federal-Government
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-trade-commission.png
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/FederalTradeCommission/ftc-api-docs
- aid: federal-trade-commission:dnc-complaints
  name: Do Not Call (DNC) Reported Calls Data API
  description: Read-only REST endpoint returning consumer reports of unwanted and illegal telemarketing calls, filterable
    by complaint date, violation date, consumer state and city, originating area code and robocall flag. Responses are JSON:API-shaped,
    capped at 50 records per page, and the corpus is refreshed each weekday by about noon Eastern. Requires a free api.data.gov
    key; DEMO_KEY works without signup.
  humanURL: https://www.ftc.gov/developer/api/v0/endpoints/do-not-call-dnc-reported-calls-data-api
  baseURL: https://api.ftc.gov/v0
  tags:
  - Do Not Call
  - Consumer Protection
  - Federal Government
  - Open Data
  tags_raw:
  - Do Not Call
  - Consumer Protection
  - Federal Government
  - Open Data
  - Federal-Government
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-trade-commission.png
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer/api/v0/endpoints/do-not-call-dnc-reported-calls-data-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/FederalTradeCommission/ftc-api-docs/blob/master/docs/endpoint-dnc-complaints.md
- aid: federal-trade-commission:hsr-early-termination-notices
  name: HSR Early Termination Notices API
  description: Read-only REST endpoint returning Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notifications for which early termination of
    the waiting period was granted, filterable by title keyword, transaction number and transaction date. Responses declare
    JSON:API 1.0. The early termination programme was suspended in February 2021; the endpoint serves the historical record.
    Requires a free api.data.gov key.
  humanURL: https://www.ftc.gov/developer/api/v0/endpoints/hsr-early-termination-notices
  baseURL: https://api.ftc.gov/v0
  tags:
  - Antitrust
  - Mergers
  - Federal Government
  - Open Data
  tags_raw:
  - Antitrust
  - Mergers
  - Federal Government
  - Open Data
  - Federal-Government
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-trade-commission.png
  properties:
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer/api/v0/endpoints/hsr-early-termination-notices
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/FederalTradeCommission/ftc-api-docs/blob/master/docs/endpoint-hsr-early-termination-notices.md
  - type: About
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/competition-matters/2018/06/ftc-launches-first-web-api-make-early-terminations-more-accessible
- aid: federal-trade-commission:do-not-call-registry
  name: National Do Not Call Registry
  description: The National Do Not Call Registry program lets telemarketers and sellers download phone-number data they must
    scrub against before placing calls. Access is provisioned through telemarketing.donotcall.gov, requires registration and
    a statutory annual per-area-code fee, and is governed by the Telemarketing Sales Rule. No public machine-readable contract
    is published for it.
  humanURL: https://telemarketing.donotcall.gov
  tags:
  - Do Not Call
  - Consumer Protection
  - Telemarketing
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-trade-commission.png
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://telemarketing.donotcall.gov
  - type: Consumer Site
    url: https://www.donotcall.gov
- aid: federal-trade-commission:consumer-sentinel
  name: Consumer Sentinel Network
  description: Consumer Sentinel is the FTC's secure online database of consumer reports of fraud, identity theft, and other
    complaints, made available to participating federal, state, local, and international law enforcement agencies through
    a vetted access program. Membership is required; no public API contract is published.
  humanURL: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/consumer-sentinel-network
  tags:
  - Consumer Protection
  - Law Enforcement
  - Fraud Prevention
  tags_raw:
  - Consumer Protection
  - Law Enforcement
  - Fraud
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-trade-commission.png
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/consumer-sentinel-network
  - type: Data Book
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/consumer-sentinel-network/reports
- aid: federal-trade-commission:hsr-premerger
  name: HSR Premerger Notification
  description: The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Premerger Notification Program coordinates premerger filings reviewed by the FTC
    and DOJ. Filings are submitted electronically through the dedicated HSR e-filing system.
  humanURL: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/premerger-notification-program
  tags:
  - Antitrust
  - Mergers
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-trade-commission.png
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/premerger-notification-program
  - type: E-Filing
    url: https://www.hsr.gov
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer/api/v0/endpoints/do-not-call-dnc-reported-calls-data-api
- type: SignUp
  url: https://api.data.gov/signup/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/policy-notices/website-policy
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/policy-notices/privacy-policy
- type: Security
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/policy-notices/vulnerability-disclosure-policy
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/federal-trade-commission-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/federal-trade-commission-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/federal-trade-commission-authentication.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/federal-trade-commission-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/federal-trade-commission-plans-pricing.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/federal-trade-commission-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/federal-trade-commission-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/federal-trade-commission-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/federal-trade-commission-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/federal-trade-commission-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/federal-trade-commission-sandbox.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/federal-trade-commission-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/federal-trade-commission-llms.txt
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/federal-trade-commission-mcp.yml
- type: DataCatalog
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/data.json
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/FederalTradeCommission
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/federal-trade-commission
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/
- type: News
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events
- type: Open Data
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/open-government/data-sets
- type: Consumer Resources
  url: https://consumer.ftc.gov
- url: https://www.ftc.gov/feeds/press-release.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-09'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v3

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