Freedom of Information Act

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) API provides access to FOIA request data and related information from federal agencies.

Freedom of Information Act publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Agency Components API, Agency Submission API, and Annual Reports API. Tagged areas include Federal Government, FOIA, and Transparency.

Freedom of Information Act’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, and 3 more developer resources.

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36.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

3 APIs

Federal GovernmentFOIATransparency

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 36.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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 3

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

Freedom of Information Act Agency Components API

Agencies and their FOIA components.

Freedom of Information Act Agency Submission API

Portal-to-agency request submission API (implemented by participating agencies at foia-api.agency.gov).

Freedom of Information Act Annual Reports API

Agency annual FOIA reports as XML.

Open Collections 1

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

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Freedom Of Information Act Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Freedom Of Information Act Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: freedom-of-information-act
name: Freedom of Information Act
description: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) API provides access to FOIA request data and related information from federal
  agencies.
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/freedom-of-information-act.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/freedom-of-information-act/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Federal Government
- FOIA
- Transparency
apis:
- aid: freedom-of-information-act:freedom-of-information-act-agency-components-api
  name: Freedom of Information Act Agency Components API
  description: Agencies and their FOIA components.
  humanURL: https://www.foia.gov/developer/
  baseURL: https://api.foia.gov
  tags:
  - Agency Components
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/freedom-of-information-act-agency-components-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.foia.gov/developer/
- aid: freedom-of-information-act:freedom-of-information-act-agency-submission-api
  name: Freedom of Information Act Agency Submission API
  description: Portal-to-agency request submission API (implemented by participating agencies at foia-api.agency.gov).
  humanURL: https://www.foia.gov/developer/
  baseURL: https://api.foia.gov
  tags:
  - Agency Submission
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/freedom-of-information-act-agency-submission-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.foia.gov/developer/
- aid: freedom-of-information-act:freedom-of-information-act-annual-reports-api
  name: Freedom of Information Act Annual Reports API
  description: Agency annual FOIA reports as XML.
  humanURL: https://www.foia.gov/developer/
  baseURL: https://api.foia.gov
  tags:
  - Annual Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/freedom-of-information-act-annual-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.foia.gov/developer/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/freedom-of-information-act-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/freedom-of-information-act-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/freedom-of-information-act-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.foia.gov/developer/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.foia.gov/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com