Quick start

Base URL https://govconapi.com/api/v1. Send your key as a bearer token (Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY). Three calls take you from zero to your first result.

Quick start

1. Start a free 14-day trial (no card), key emailed instantly:

curl -X POST "https://govconapi.com/api/v1/keys?email=YOUR_EMAIL&plan=free"

2. Confirm it works with /api/v1/me (returns your plan, rate limit, and search window):

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://govconapi.com/api/v1/me"

3. Make your first search. /opportunities/search takes any combination of filters:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://govconapi.com/api/v1/opportunities/search?naics=541512&limit=5"

Building with AI tools, or generating a client?

• /docs, interactive OpenAPI explorer, try calls in the browser.
• /openapi.json, OpenAPI 3.1 spec for Postman, Insomnia, openapi-generator, and AI coding tools.
• /docs/all.md, the whole reference as one Markdown file, to vendor into a Cursor or Claude project.
• /llms.txt, short discovery file per llmstxt.org conventions.

Coverage from FY2025 (October 2024) onward, refreshed daily from SAM; older data is a sparse backfill. Example counts and values throughout are illustrative, use /api/v1/status for current numbers.