# USAspending Award Search (`prophed/usaspending-award-search`) Actor

Search official US federal award data through USAspending.gov and emit normalized award records.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/prophed/usaspending-award-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Prophed Com](https://apify.com/prophed) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 dataset items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## USAspending Award Search

Search official US federal award data through USAspending.gov and emit normalized Apify dataset rows. This Actor is built for procurement intelligence, grant monitoring, competitor research, agency spend analysis, and scheduled public-sector data feeds.

### Use cases

- Find high-value federal contracts, grants, loans, and assistance awards.
- Monitor award activity for recipients, agencies, keywords, or time windows.
- Export USAspending award results to CSV, JSON, Excel, BI tools, warehouses, or webhooks.
- Feed procurement and market-intelligence pipelines with normalized public award records.

### Input

```json
{
  "startDate": "2025-01-01",
  "endDate": "2025-12-31",
  "awardTypeCodes": ["A", "B", "C", "D"],
  "keywords": [],
  "recipientSearchText": [],
  "fields": ["Award ID", "Recipient Name", "Award Amount", "Start Date", "End Date", "Awarding Agency"],
  "sort": "Award Amount",
  "order": "desc",
  "pageSize": 100,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

The default award type codes focus on contract-style awards. Users can pass USAspending-compatible award type codes and filters for their own workflows.

### Output

Each dataset row is one award result:

```json
{
  "source": "usaspending",
  "awardId": "HT940216C0001",
  "recipientName": "HUMANA GOVERNMENT BUSINESS INC",
  "awardAmount": 51269205263.03,
  "startDate": "2016-08-01",
  "endDate": "2025-12-31",
  "awardingAgency": "Department of Defense",
  "page": 1
}
```

If USAspending returns an error, the Actor writes a structured error row with the page, request URL, and message.

### Notes

This Actor uses the public USAspending API and does not require an API key. USAspending search semantics and award-code meanings are controlled by USAspending.gov.

# Actor input Schema

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Award search start date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Award search end date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

## `awardTypeCodes` (type: `array`):

USAspending award type codes.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Optional keyword filters.

## `recipientSearchText` (type: `array`):

Optional recipient name search strings.

## `fields` (type: `array`):

USAspending result fields to request.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

USAspending sort field.

## `order` (type: `string`):

asc or desc.

## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):

Rows per USAspending page.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum USAspending pages to request.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap for dataset rows.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Per-request timeout.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startDate": "2025-01-01",
  "endDate": "2025-12-31",
  "awardTypeCodes": [
    "A",
    "B",
    "C",
    "D"
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "recipientSearchText": [],
  "fields": [
    "Award ID",
    "Recipient Name",
    "Award Amount",
    "Start Date",
    "End Date",
    "Awarding Agency",
    "Award Type"
  ],
  "sort": "Award Amount",
  "order": "desc",
  "pageSize": 100,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "timeoutSecs": 30
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "awardTypeCodes": [
        "A",
        "B",
        "C",
        "D"
    ],
    "keywords": [],
    "recipientSearchText": [],
    "fields": [
        "Award ID",
        "Recipient Name",
        "Award Amount",
        "Start Date",
        "End Date",
        "Awarding Agency",
        "Award Type"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("prophed/usaspending-award-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "awardTypeCodes": [
        "A",
        "B",
        "C",
        "D",
    ],
    "keywords": [],
    "recipientSearchText": [],
    "fields": [
        "Award ID",
        "Recipient Name",
        "Award Amount",
        "Start Date",
        "End Date",
        "Awarding Agency",
        "Award Type",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("prophed/usaspending-award-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "awardTypeCodes": [
    "A",
    "B",
    "C",
    "D"
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "recipientSearchText": [],
  "fields": [
    "Award ID",
    "Recipient Name",
    "Award Amount",
    "Start Date",
    "End Date",
    "Awarding Agency",
    "Award Type"
  ]
}' |
apify call prophed/usaspending-award-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=prophed/usaspending-award-search",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/14WZVTdZbxsPYez3u/builds/GefuXthBdFNiPsdMQ/openapi.json