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Regulations.gov documents API

Federal regulatory documents including notices, rules, and proposed rules

Regulations.gov documents API is one of 4 APIs that Regulations.gov publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include documents. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 18 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 4.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.regulations.gov/v4.

2 operations 2 paths 18 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
4.0
Base URL
https://api.regulations.gov
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Regulations.gov documents API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Api-Key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

documents 2

Federal regulatory documents including notices, rules, and proposed rules

GET
/documents
List of documents
13 params → 200400403
GET
/documents/{documentId}
Get detailed information for specified documentId
2 params → 200400403404

Schemas 18

The contract defines 18 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BasicDetailModel (39 properties), Document (14 properties), Attachment (10 properties), FindAllResponseMetadata (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FileFormat
object
3 properties
FindAllResponseMetadata
object
Pagination metadata for list responses
9 properties
AttachmentFindAllItem
object
A JSON:API document which represents a single attachment in the list
4 properties
Attachment
object
10 properties
DocumentFindAllItem
object
A JSON:API document which represents a single document in the list
4 properties
Link
string
A string containing the link URL.
BasicDetailModel
object
39 properties
DocumentDetail
SelfLink
object
Link to self
1 property
DocumentType
string
type of document. This field is always returned in JSON response
DocumentFindOneResponse
object
A JSON:API document which represents a single document
6 properties
DocumentFindAllResponse
object
A JSON:API document with a list of resources
2 properties
RelationshipToAttachment
array
An array of attachment objects as relationship resources.
Document
object
14 properties
RelationshipLinks
object
Relationship links to other related resources (attachments)
2 properties
JSONError
object
A JSON:API error document
1 property
Error
object
3 properties
Relationship
object
A single relationship object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

regulations-gov-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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