Healthcare.gov API

by healthcare.gov

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Overview

Educational content about the US Health Insurance Marketplace

Healthcare.gov is a health API from healthcare.gov. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 16 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication: No auth
HTTPS: Yes
CORS: Unknown
Category: Health
Base URL: https://www.healthcare.gov
Version: 1.0.0
Endpoints: 16
OpenAPI: Specification ↗
Spec updated: 2021-01-25

Make a first request

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

cURL

curl -X GET "https://www.healthcare.gov/api/articlesMEDIATYPEEXTENSION" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://www.healthcare.gov/api/articlesMEDIATYPEEXTENSION", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

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

Endpoints

Method	Path	What it does
GET	`/api/articles{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/api/blog{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/api/glossary{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/api/questions{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/api/states{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/api/topics{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/blog/{pageName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/es/blog/{pageName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/es/glossary/{pageName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/es/question/{pageName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/es/{pageName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/es/{stateName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/glossary/{pageName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/question/{pageName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/{pageName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.
GET	`/{stateName}{mediaTypeExtension}`	Returns pages content.