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 publishes developer-facing data products and APIs through ftc.gov/developer and partner platforms, including the National Do Not Call Registry telemarketer access program and the Consumer Sentinel Network of consumer complaint data shared with law enforcement.

Federal Trade Commission publishes 4 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, product news, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

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19.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemium

4 APIs

AntitrustConsumer ProtectionDo Not CallFederal GovernmentLaw EnforcementOpen Data

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 19.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 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 0 / 4

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APIs 4

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Federal Trade Commission Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 4

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

News

News

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

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 publishes developer-facing data products and APIs through ftc.gov/developer
  and partner platforms, including the National Do Not Call Registry telemarketer access program and the Consumer Sentinel
  Network of consumer complaint data shared with law enforcement.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/federal-trade-commission.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consumer
tags:
- Antitrust
- Consumer Protection
- Do Not Call
- Federal Government
- Law Enforcement
- Open Data
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-trade-commission/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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.
  humanURL: https://www.ftc.gov/developer
  baseURL: https://api.ftc.gov
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Documentation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/
- 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 telemarketer.donotcall.gov and governed by the Telemarketing
    Sales Rule.
  humanURL: https://telemarketers.donotcall.gov
  tags:
  - Do Not Call
  - Consumer Protection
  - Telemarketing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://telemarketers.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.
  humanURL: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/consumer-sentinel-network
  tags:
  - Consumer Protection
  - Law Enforcement
  - Fraud
  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
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/premerger-notification-program
  - type: E-Filing
    url: https://www.hsr.gov
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/federal-trade-commission-domain-security.yml
- 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: Documentation
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/developer
- type: News
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events
- type: Open Data
  url: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/research
- 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

Federal Trade Commission

Kin Score

APIs 4

FTC Developer Portal

National Do Not Call Registry

Consumer Sentinel Network

HSR Premerger Notification

Pricing Plans 1

Federal Trade Commission Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Federal Trade Commission Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Federal Trade Commission Finops

Security Posture 1

Federal Trade Commission Domain Security

Resources