What it returns
Every document in the Federal Register since 1994, from the official federalregister.gov API.
Common uses
Regulatory monitoring and compliance alerts, policy research, lobbying and government affairs, legal research. Pay per document.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/federal-register/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
searchQueries | list of strings | Full-text keywords, e.g. artificial intelligence, PFAS, crypto. |
documentTypes | list of strings | Limit to these types (any if empty). |
agencies | list of strings | Agency slugs as used on federalregister.gov, e.g. environmental-protection-agency, federal-aviation-administration. |
fromDate | string | Published on or after (YYYY-MM-DD). |
untilDate | string | Published on or before (YYYY-MM-DD). |
significantOnly | boolean | Only documents deemed significant under EO 12866. Default: false. |
openForComment | boolean | Only documents whose comment period has not closed. Default: false. |
cfrTitle | integer | Documents affecting this Code of Federal Regulations title. |
cfrPart | integer | With CFR title: a specific part. |
documentNumbers | list of strings | Fetch specific documents, e.g. 2024-12345. |
publicInspection | boolean | Also return documents on public inspection today (published tomorrow). Default: false. |
sort | string: newest, oldest, relevance | Order of search results. Default: "newest". |
maxItemsPerQuery | integer | Up to 2,000 per query. Default: 100. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/federal-register/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"searchQueries": ["drones"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.40 per 1,000 documents. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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