Government Regulations · Data API

United States Federal Register Documents

Every rule, proposed rule and notice published by US federal agencies, updated daily.

The Federal Register is the official daily journal of the United States government, containing proposed rules, final rules, presidential documents and public notices from every federal agency. This feed returns the most recent published documents with title, type, abstract, publication date and links to the official HTML and PDF versions. Compliance teams, legal tech products and regulatory-monitoring AI agents use it to detect rule changes the day they are published.

Source: Federal Register API (Office of the Federal Register / GPO) · Public Domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. 105) · Source: Federal Register, Office of the Federal Register, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Endpoints

Every request is authenticated with your X-API-Key and counted against your plan.

  • GET /v1/data/united-states-federal-register-documents
  • GET /v1/data/united-states-federal-register-documents/search?q=...
  • GET /v1/data/united-states-federal-register-documents/{key}

Base path /v1/data/united-states-federal-register-documents · full reference in the interactive docs. Also exposed as an MCP tool for AI agents.

Fields

FieldTypeDescription
document_numberstrUnique Federal Register document number, e.g. 2026-01234
titlestrOfficial title of the document
document_typestrRule, Proposed Rule, Notice or Presidential Document
abstractstrAgency-written summary of the document
publication_datedateDate the document was published in the Federal Register
html_urlstrLink to the official web version
pdf_urlstrLink to the official PDF version

What you get

Daily-refreshed feed of the newest US federal rules, proposed rules and notices
Filter by document type to separate binding final rules from proposals and notices
Full-text search across document titles
Direct links to the official HTML and PDF of record for citation
MCP tool so an AI agent can answer regulatory questions without scraping
Public-domain source with no licence fees or attribution restrictions

FAQ

How far back does the data go?
This API serves the most recent publications from the official feed, refreshed on our ingest schedule. It is designed for change monitoring rather than deep historical archives.
Does it include the full text of each rule?
It includes the agency abstract plus links to the official full text. The complete rule body stays at the government source of record.
Can I use this commercially?
Yes. Federal Register content is a U.S. Government work in the public domain.

Pricing

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10,000 requests/day
  • 10,000 API requests per day
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  • Priority support
  • Usage dashboard

Enterprise

$49/month

Unlimited access for high-volume use

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  • Unlimited API requests
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Getting Started

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Register for a free API key, make your first request, and upgrade when you're ready.

1

Register

Create an account to get your API key. It's free — no credit card required.

curl -X POST https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "you@example.com", "name": "Your Name"}'
2

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curl https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/data/asx \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"
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curl -X POST "https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/billing/checkout?tier=pro" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"
4

Check usage

Monitor your daily request count and remaining quota at any time.

curl https://api.aristocles.com.au/v1/usage \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"