# National Archives and Records Administration

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/national-archives-and-records-administration/  
**Website:** https://www.archives.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 16

The National Archives Catalog API is a read-write web API for the National Archives Catalog. This API can be used to perform fielded search of archival metadata, bulk export of metadata and digital media, and post contributions to records.

## Kin Score — 23.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 23.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 72.2 |
| Contract Quality | 48.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 23.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (16)

- **National Archives and Records Administration Accounts API** — The Accounts API from National Archives and Records Administration — 4 operation(s) for accounts.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Announcements API** — For important announcements
- **National Archives and Records Administration Comments API** — Comment search and data retrieval
- **National Archives and Records Administration Contributions API** — Contribution search and data retrieval; Contributions include Tags, Transcriptions, and Comments - search/retrieve contributions when you want to return any contribution type.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Extracted Text API** — The Extracted Text API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for extracted text.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Justifications API** — The Justifications API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for justifications.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Metadata API** — The Metadata API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for metadata.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Online Availability API** — Information about record online availability
- **National Archives and Records Administration Other Extracted Text API** — The Other Extracted Text API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for other extracted text.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Partner API** — The Partner API from National Archives and Records Administration — 5 operation(s) for partner.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Records API** — Record description search and data retrieval
- **National Archives and Records Administration Statistics API** — The Statistics API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for statistics.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Tags API** — Tag search and data retrieval
- **National Archives and Records Administration Transcriptions API** — Transcription search and data retrieval
- **National Archives and Records Administration Users API** — The Users API from National Archives and Records Administration — 3 operation(s) for users.
- **National Archives and Records Administration Utilities API** — The Utilities API from National Archives and Records Administration — 1 operation(s) for utilities.

## Agentic access (1)

- **National Archives And Records Administration Agentic Access** — 64 operations · 22 acting

## Security (1)

- **National Archives And Records Administration Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **National Archives And Records Administration Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Archives, Federal-Government, Records, Catalog

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/national-archives-and-records-administration/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.