Get an agency, department, or office
const url = 'https://api-staging.fedwright.com/v1/agencies/example';const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request GET \ --url https://api-staging.fedwright.com/v1/agencies/example \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'One node of the federal agency hierarchy, with its parent, the line of ancestors from its department, its children (at most 1,000), and the sources it was built from.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters”The node’s id, such as dept-097.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”The node.
A node with its place in the tree and its provenance. ancestors run from the department down to the parent.
object
False once a source reports the agency as inactive.
Other names and codes that resolve to the node.
The nodes from the department down to the parent.
A node named briefly, as a parent, an ancestor, or a child.
object
The node’s stable identifier.
department, agency, office, or unit.
The node’s name.
The abbreviation, or null when there is none.
The nodes directly below, at most 1,000.
A node named briefly, as a parent, an ancestor, or a child.
object
The node’s stable identifier.
department, agency, office, or unit.
The node’s name.
The abbreviation, or null when there is none.
The codes we know for a node. A code is null until a source gives it: USAspending gives top-tier and office codes, and fhOrgId waits for the SAM.gov Federal Hierarchy.
object
The activity address code.
The CGAC (three digits).
The SAM.gov Federal Hierarchy organization id.
The FPDS contracting or funding office code.
The sub-tier code (four characters).
The top-tier agency code.
When a source first delivered the node.
The node’s stable identifier.
When a source last delivered the node.
department, agency, office, or unit.
The node’s name.
When no source delivered the node any more. Null while a source does.
A node named briefly, as a parent, an ancestor, or a child.
object
The node’s stable identifier.
department, agency, office, or unit.
The node’s name.
The abbreviation, or null when there is none.
The identifier of the parent node, or null for a department.
The abbreviation, such as USN, or null when there is none.
The upstream records the node was built from.
One upstream record a node was built from.
object
When this source first delivered the record.
When this source last delivered the record.
A source identifier, such as usaspending.agencies, for the kind of data this record came from.
The publisher, such as usaspending.
The source’s own identifier, verbatim.
A link to the record at the source, when one exists.
When the node’s content last changed.
Examples
An agency node detail
{ "active": true, "aliases": [ "DEPT OF THE NAVY" ], "ancestors": [ { "id": "dept-097", "level": "department", "name": "Department of Defense", "shortName": "DOD" } ], "children": [ { "id": "office-n00024", "level": "office", "name": "NAVSEA HQ", "shortName": null } ], "codes": { "aac": null, "cgac": null, "fhOrgId": null, "fpdsOffice": null, "subtier": null, "toptier": null }, "firstSeenAt": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "id": "agency-097-usn", "lastSeenAt": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "level": "agency", "name": "Department of the Navy", "notSeenSince": null, "parent": { "id": "dept-097", "level": "department", "name": "Department of Defense", "shortName": "DOD" }, "parentId": "dept-097", "shortName": "USN", "sources": [ { "firstSeenAt": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "lastSeenAt": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z", "retrievalType": "usaspending.agencies", "source": "usaspending", "upstreamId": "USN", "upstreamUrl": null } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T18:00:00Z"}The access token is missing, expired, or invalid.
RFC 9457 Problem Details.
object
An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.
Validation errors, by field path.
object
A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.
On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.
On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.
The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.
A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.
W3C trace ID of the failed request.
https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.
Example generated
{ "detail": "example", "errors": { "additionalProperty": [ "example" ] }, "instance": "example", "limit": "example", "resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "status": 1, "title": "example", "traceId": "example", "type": "https://example.com"}The Problem type says which check refused the caller, when that is
about the caller’s own token, client, or role:
insufficient-scope when the token’s scopes (or an MCP grant’s) lack
the operation’s scope, with WWW-Authenticate: Bearer error="insufficient_scope", scope="..." (RFC 6750) naming the missing
scopes; client-not-allowed when the operation doesn’t admit the
caller’s kind of client, such as a machine client calling a user-only
operation; and insufficient-role when a confirmed member’s roles
don’t allow the action. Any other refusal is the generic forbidden,
which says nothing more. Another organization’s resource is 404
(not-found) instead, so no reason confirms that it exists. An owner
or administrator who sent no proof of a second factor gets
mfa-required. An operation
that needs an active subscription, when the organization has none,
returns subscription-inactive, or organization-suspended when
Fedwright suspended the organization. A suspended
organization also refuses invitations, new joins through an
invitation, and role changes with organization-suspended. Creating
or joining
an organization without a verified email returns email-unverified,
and accepting an invitation sent to another address returns
invitation-email-mismatch. A request from Fedwright’s web or mobile
app whose session acts for no organization yet returns
organization-required, except on getMe, createOrganization, and
acceptInvitation. Shared data needs the acting organization’s own
subscription; another organization’s doesn’t count.
RFC 9457 Problem Details.
object
An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.
Validation errors, by field path.
object
A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.
On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.
On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.
The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.
A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.
W3C trace ID of the failed request.
https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.
Example generated
{ "detail": "example", "errors": { "additionalProperty": [ "example" ] }, "instance": "example", "limit": "example", "resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "status": 1, "title": "example", "traceId": "example", "type": "https://example.com"}The resource does not exist, or belongs to another organization.
RFC 9457 Problem Details.
object
An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.
Validation errors, by field path.
object
A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.
On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.
On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.
The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.
A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.
W3C trace ID of the failed request.
https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.
Example generated
{ "detail": "example", "errors": { "additionalProperty": [ "example" ] }, "instance": "example", "limit": "example", "resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "status": 1, "title": "example", "traceId": "example", "type": "https://example.com"}A rate limit is used up. Direct API access counts against the
organization’s burst, daily, and monthly quotas, which all its machine
clients share; there is no client quota. A 429 comes in two shapes
with two header families, so read the response by what it carries.
A machine client’s calls can get a 429 with an empty body. It
has three headers: X-RateLimit-Limit, the
exhausted rule’s limit and window, such as 3000, 3000;w=2592000;
X-RateLimit-Remaining, what is left in that window (0 on a 429);
and X-RateLimit-Reset, the seconds until that window resets. It has
no Retry-After, no RateLimit headers, no Problem, and does not
name the quota. Read the quota from the window w:
w (seconds) |
Quota |
|---|---|
| 60 | Burst. |
| 86400 | Daily. |
| 2592000 | Monthly (the calendar month is reported as 30 days; X-RateLimit-Reset is exact). |
Wait X-RateLimit-Reset seconds before you retry. Refused requests
still count: a client that keeps calling after a 429 keeps adding to
the counter, so it does not regain budget inside the window. A tier
change takes effect within 10 minutes (checkout, the billing portal,
and grants alike), once the client gets a new access token.
Every other 429 has a Problem and Retry-After. The Problem type
is rate-limited for a used-up quota, or, for an ask, ai-budget-exceeded
or premium-quota-exceeded (below). On rate-limited, Retry-After is
the seconds until the used-up limit’s window resets, the latest if
several are. The Problem also carries limit, the quota that is used
up (the one that resets last, if several are), resetsAt, when it
starts again, and traceId. RateLimit-Policy and RateLimit describe only the
caller’s own limits, here and on every other response a limit applies
to. A request refused with rate-limited uses no quota. One
refused after that check, for its scope, role, subscription, or kind of
client, still counts, so once a quota is used up such a request gets
429 instead of its 403. A request that fails authentication is
not counted. An ask that the organization’s
AI spending budget can’t cover returns ai-budget-exceeded instead,
with Retry-After at the end of the budget’s window: that budget
counts what asks cost, not how many there are. An ask that the
organization’s premium units for the day can’t cover returns
premium-quota-exceeded, with limit (org-premium-day), resetsAt
(the next midnight UTC), and Retry-After. That is the plan’s
allowance: a plan with no premium units never covers an ask, and a
higher plan may. A refused ask uses no units.
RFC 9457 Problem Details.
object
An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.
Validation errors, by field path.
object
A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.
On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.
On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.
The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.
A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.
W3C trace ID of the failed request.
https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.
Examples
An ask the premium units can't cover
{ "limit": "org-premium-day", "resetsAt": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "status": 429, "title": "Too Many Requests", "traceId": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736", "type": "https://fedwright.com/problems/premium-quota-exceeded"}A quota used up
{ "limit": "org-day", "resetsAt": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "status": 429, "title": "Too Many Requests", "traceId": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736", "type": "https://fedwright.com/problems/rate-limited"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”For each limit in RateLimit-Policy, the requests r its window still
allows and the seconds t until the window resets, such as
"org-burst";r=7;t=40, "org-day";r=62;t=41000.
The caller’s rate limits, in the IETF HTTPAPI RateLimit header fields:
each limit’s name, its quota q, and its window w in seconds, such as
"org-burst";q=20;w=60, "org-day";q=100;w=86400.
Seconds to wait before retrying.
On a 429 with an empty body (and on the successful responses that carry
these headers), the exhausted rule’s limit and window w in seconds,
such as 3000, 3000;w=2592000. The window names the quota: 60 is burst,
86400 is daily, and 2592000 is monthly.
What is left in that rule’s window (0 on a 429).
Seconds until that rule’s window resets.
default
Section titled “default”Any other error. A request body over 64 KiB returns 413
(payload-too-large), and a request that takes longer than 10 seconds
(90 for askOpportunities) returns 503 (request-timeout). An invitation when the API can’t send mail returns 503
(mail-unavailable), and creates nothing. An unexpected failure returns 500 (internal-error)
with only type, title, status, and traceId.
RFC 9457 Problem Details.
object
An explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. It is absent for server errors.
Validation errors, by field path.
object
A URI reference that identifies this occurrence of the problem, when the API provides one.
On rate-limited, the quota that is used up, such as org-day. On premium-quota-exceeded, org-premium-day. A 429 with an empty body does not name it.
On rate-limited from the API and on premium-quota-exceeded, when that quota starts again.
The HTTP status code of the response, from 400 to 599.
A short, human-readable summary of the problem. Use type to identify the kind of problem, not this text.
W3C trace ID of the failed request.
https://fedwright.com/problems/{code}, the same in every environment.
Example generated
{ "detail": "example", "errors": { "additionalProperty": [ "example" ] }, "instance": "example", "limit": "example", "resetsAt": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "status": 1, "title": "example", "traceId": "example", "type": "https://example.com"}