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HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development CHAS API

Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy data

HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development CHAS API is one of 10 APIs that HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include CHAS. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development CHAS API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token obtained by registering at https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/register

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

CHAS 1

Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy data

GET
/chas
Get CHAS Data by Geography
getCHASData 4 params → 200401400404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CHASRecord (14 properties), CHASResponse (1 property), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
1 property
CHASRecord
object
CHAS housing needs data record
14 properties
CHASResponse
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hud-chas-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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HUD User CHAS API
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