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Discovery Market Research API

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Overview

<p>This API drives the <a href="https://discovery.gsa.gov">Discovery Market Research Tool</a>. It contains information on the vendors that are part of the OASIS and OASIS Small Business contracting vehicles, such as their contracting history, their elligibility for contract awards, and their small business designations. To learn more about the tool, please visit <a href="https://discovery.gsa.gov">Discovery</a> or see the README on our <a href="https://github.com/PSHCDevOps/discovery">GitHub repository</a>.</p> <p><strong>Please note that the base path for this API is <code>https://api.data.gov/gsa/discovery/</code></strong></p> <p>It requires an API key, obtainable at <a href="http://api.data.gov/">api.data.gov</a>. It must be passed in the <code>api_key</code> parameter with each request.</p>

Discovery Market Research is a development API from gsa.gov. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 5 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication
No auth
HTTPS
Yes
CORS
Unknown
Category
Development
Base URL
https://discovery.gsa.gov/
Version
0.1
Endpoints
5
Spec updated
2018-03-21

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL
curl -X GET "https://discovery.gsa.gov/api/contracts/" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://discovery.gsa.gov/api/contracts/", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Python
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://discovery.gsa.gov/api/contracts/",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

MethodPathWhat it does
GET/api/contracts/This endpoint returns contract history from FPDS for a specific vendor
GET/api/metadata/This endpoint returns metadata for the most recent data loads of SAM and FPDS data
GET/api/naics/This endpoint lists all of the NAICS codes that are relevant to the OASIS family of vehicles
GET/api/vendor/{duns}This endpoint returns a single vendor by their 9 digit DUNS number
GET/api/vendors/This endpoint returns a list of vendors filtered by a NAICS code

Questions

Does the Discovery Market Research API need an API key?

No. The Discovery Market Research API can be called without an API key or sign-up, which makes it handy for prototypes and front-end demos.

Does the Discovery Market Research API support HTTPS?

Yes, the Discovery Market Research API is served over HTTPS.

How many endpoints does the Discovery Market Research API have?

Its OpenAPI description lists 5 endpoints in version 0.1. All of them are shown on this page.

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