USAspending.gov API
A trusted source of financial transparency and data insight
This API is best for retrieving and exploring financial and grant data from the U.S. Government.
A developer should use this API because it provides easy access to reliable, accurate information. Through the API, you can get data from a variety of government organizations to help with research or analysis. You can also use the API to create your own visualizations or develop customized applications to your specifications.
Key features
- Data search
- visualization tools
- budget and grant data
- customizable query and comparison features.
Potential use cases
- Federal Spending Trends: A web application that tracks the historical spending of the U.S. government across different organizations and categories.
- Project Transparency: An Android app that helps organizations and citizens access grant data on their phones and laptops.
- Government Expenditure Analyzer: A Python-based tool that allows users to analyze the correlation between certain sectors and government spending and to create their own insights.
I love the USAspending.gov API! Their accurate and up-to-date data allowed me to create an automated alert system for government spending projects. It saved me a lot of time and effort and I'll definitely use USAspending.gov API again in the future!
Related Technologies
- U.S. Federal Spending API
- Open Government Data API
- U.S. Government Data API