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Алексей Спинов
Алексей Спинов

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How to Scrape Government Data and Public Records (Free APIs)

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Government data is free, legal, and structured. Here are the best sources.

US Government APIs

data.gov (10,000+ datasets) 

https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?q=housing
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Census Bureau 

https://api.census.gov/data/2020/acs/acs5?get=NAME,B01001_001E&for=state:*
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Bureau of Labor Statistics 

async function getBLSData(seriesId) {
  const res = await fetch("https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
    body: JSON.stringify({ seriesid: [seriesId], startyear: "2023", endyear: "2026" })
  });
  return res.json();
}
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SEC EDGAR (Company Filings) 

https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=tesla&dateRange=custom&startdt=2026-01-01
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International

Source Data URL
World Bank Economic indicators api.worldbank.org
UN Data Demographics data.un.org
Eurostat EU statistics ec.europa.eu/eurostat
OECD Policy data data.oecd.org

Use Cases

  1. Market sizing with census data
  2. Economic trend analysis
  3. Regulatory research
  4. Grant/funding research
  5. Public health data analysis

Resources

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