List subawards
const url = 'https://api-staging.fedwright.com/v1/subawards?sort=-actionDate&limit=50';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/subawards?sort=-actionDate&limit=50' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'Subcontracts and subgrants that prime recipients reported, from USAspending.
Each is keyed by a composite of the prime award key, the SAM.gov report id, and the
subaward number, and carries the prime award key verbatim so it joins the prime. Filter by
prime award key, prime or subawardee UEI, agency, type, action date, and amount; page
with limit and cursor.
Data source: USAspending.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Query Parameters
Section titled “Query Parameters”Resolved federal agency node ID of the prime’s awarding agency.
Subaward amount at least this.
Subaward amount at most this.
Key of the prime award (CONT_AWD_, CONT_IDV_, ASST_NON_, ASST_AGG_).
Family of the prime award.
The prime recipient’s unique entity identifier.
One of: actionDate. A leading - sorts descending. Default -actionDate.
The subawardee’s unique entity identifier.
Subaward type.
Maximum number of items to return.
Opaque cursor from a previous response’s nextCursor.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”OK
object
Cursor for the next page, or null on the last page.
A subaward as a list shows it: a subcontract or subgrant that a prime recipient reported.
object
The date of the subaward action, at midnight UTC.
The shared agency block of a record: the node in the federal agency tree and the office, agency, and department codes and names. It names a federal agency; it is not an organization of Fedwright’s customers.
object
The agency’s code, or null when the source gives none.
The agency’s name, or null when the source gives none.
The node of the federal agency tree, or null while the agency text or code is unresolved.
The department’s code, or null when the source gives none.
The department’s name, or null when the source gives none.
The office’s code, or null when the source gives none.
The office’s name, or null when the source gives none.
The subaward’s description as the prime recipient reported it. Null when none was reported.
When Fedwright first saw the record.
The record’s identifier.
When Fedwright last saw the record in a source.
The key of the prime award, as the source gives it. Its prefix tells the kind of prime award.
The prime award’s own number: the PIID of a contract or IDV, or the FAIN or URI of an assistance award. Null when none was reported.
The prime recipient’s name. Null when none was reported.
The prime recipient’s unique entity identifier. Null when none was reported.
The kind of prime award: contract, idv, assistance, or assistance-aggregate.
The prime recipient’s own number for the subaward. It is not unique: it can recur across reports and prime awards. Null when none was reported.
The kind of subaward, sub-contract or sub-grant.
The subawardee’s name. Null when none was reported.
The subawardee’s unique entity identifier. Null when none was reported.
When the record last changed.
Examples
A page of subaward summaries
{ "items": [ { "actionDate": "2026-01-15T00:00:00Z", "agency": { "agencyCode": "4732", "agencyName": "Federal Acquisition Service", "agencyNodeId": "GSA.FAS", "departmentCode": "47", "departmentName": "General Services Administration", "officeCode": "47QDCA", "officeName": "FAS Acquisition Operations" }, "amount": { "amount": "45000.00", "currency": "USD" }, "description": "Cloud hosting and managed services for a case-management system.", "firstSeenAt": "2026-03-02T04:00:12Z", "id": "SUB_CONT_AWD_47QTCA24D0012_4732_-NONE-_-NONE-_SUB-0017", "lastSeenAt": "2026-03-09T04:00:31Z", "primeAwardKey": "CONT_AWD_47QTCA24D0012_4732_-NONE-_-NONE-", "primeAwardNumber": "47QTCA24D0012", "primeAwardeeName": "Harborview Analytics LLC", "primeAwardeeUei": "J4K7M2P9Q3R5", "primeKind": "contract", "subawardNumber": "SUB-0017", "subawardType": "subcontract", "subawardeeName": "Northwind Software Inc.", "subawardeeUei": "N8W2X6Y1Z4T7", "updatedAt": "2026-03-09T04:00:31Z" } ], "nextCursor": null}The request is malformed, or its schema refuses it: an unknown
property, a value of the wrong type or outside its bounds, a limit
above 200, or a sort outside the operation’s allow-list (Problem
type bad-request). errors names each field by its path, such as
nested.note, or $ for the body itself. The request is refused
before anything is read or written. A cursor that was altered, has
expired, or was issued for other filters, another sort, organization,
or user returns Problem type invalid-cursor.
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 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"}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"}