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FEC — free tier with API key

🏛 GovernmentREACHABLEchecked 4h ago
AUTH APIKEYCORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

FEC exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

99REACHABILITY SCORE ⓘ
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We probe without your API key. A 401/403 auth wall means the server is up — not a full health pass.

Uptime history
99.04%90d reachable
98.3%30d reachable
4hLast check · since JUL 8 · server OK
operationalpartialdownno data
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/legal/search/?api_key={{api_key}}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "API_KEY_INVALID",
    "message": "An invalid api_key was supplied. Get one at https://api.data.gov/signup/"
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/legal/search/?api_key={{api_key}}"
const res = await fetch("https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/legal/search/?api_key={{api_key}}");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/legal/search/?api_key={{api_key}}")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6ReachableFULL DOCS ↗
Auth wall reachable — GET /v1/legal/search/?api_key={{api_key}} (key stripped)1510 mschecked 4h ago
GET/v1/legal/search/?api_key={{api_key}}PROBED

FEC — free tier with API key

GET/v1

V1 — documented GET route.

GET/v1/1

V1 details by ID (example: 1).

GET/v1?limit=10

V1 — documented GET route.

GET/v1/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/v1/

V1 — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe without your API key. A 401/403 auth wall means the server is up — not a full health pass. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

FEC: common questions

Is FEC free to use?

Yes — FEC is a free government API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does FEC need an API key?

Yes — FEC needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call FEC from the browser?

Yes — FEC returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is FEC up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, FEC is healthy with 99.04% uptime over 90 days and a 1510 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.