# State Department

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/state-dept/  
**Website:** https://www.state.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

The US Department of State provides public REST APIs for accessing consular affairs data including travel advisories by country and risk level, country travel information, passport acceptance facility locations, passport issuance statistics, and geopolitical reference data. The Consular Affairs Data API (cadataapi.state.gov) offers open, unauthenticated endpoints covering all countries with real-time travel advisory updates across four alert levels. Additional historical diplomatic records are available through the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) catalog API.

## Kin Score — 32.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 56.4 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Insurance**: 16.7 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 28.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| 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 | na |

## Access

Free · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **State Department Country Information API** — Detailed country-specific travel information covering transportation, entry requirements, local laws, health, safety, and embassy contacts
- **State Department Passport Locations API** — Passport acceptance facility locations across the United States, searchable by state, ZIP code, radius, or geographic coordinates
- **State Department Travel Advisories API** — Current US Department of State travel advisories for countries worldwide, with alert levels ranging from 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions) to 4 (Do Not Travel)

## Agentic access (1)

- **State Dept Agentic Access** — 10 operations

## Security (1)

- **State Dept Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **State Dept Plans Pricing**

## Tags

US Government, Travel, Passports, Visas, Travel Advisories, Consular Affairs, Foreign Policy, Diplomatic, Country Information, Public Safety

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