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Keywords Search
- Description: This Method outputs Solicitations (from SBIR.gov database) that contain the Keyword entered in their Topic description.
- Example: https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?keyword=sbir
- Return Types: XML, JSON and YAML
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Fields returned from the API: solicitation_title, solicitation_number, program, phase, agency, branch, solicitation_year, release_date, open_date, close_date, application_due_date(multiple values), sbir_solicitation_link, solicitation_agency_url, current_status, solicitation_topics(multiple values)
Fields included in solicitation_topics field: topic_title, branch, topic_number, topic_description, sbir_topic_link, subtopics(multiple values)
Fields included in subtopics field: subtopic_title, branch, subtopic_number, subtopic_description, sbir_subtopic_link
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Agency Search
- Description: This Method outputs Solicitations (from SBIR.gov database) from an Agency matching the Agency name entered.
- Example: https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?keyword=sbir&agency=HHS OR https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?agency=HHS
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Valid values for the agency field:
- DOD = Dept. of Defense
- HHS = Dept. of Health and Human Services
- NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NSF = National Science Foundation
- DOE = Dept. of Energy
- USDA = United States Dept. of Agriculture
- EPA = Environmental Protection Agency
- DOC = Dept. of Commerce
- ED = Dept. of Education
- DOT = Dept. of Transportation
- DHS = Dept. of Homeland Security
- Return Types: XML, JSON and YAML
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Fields returned from the API: solicitation_title, solicitation_number, program, phase, agency, branch, solicitation_year, release_date, open_date, close_date, application_due_date(multiple values), sbir_solicitation_link, solicitation_agency_url, current_status, solicitation_topics(multiple values)
Fields included in solicitation_topics field: topic_title, branch, topic_number, topic_description, sbir_topic_link, subtopics(multiple values)
Fields included in subtopics field: subtopic_title, branch, subtopic_number, subtopic_description, sbir_subtopic_link
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Download all Open
- Description: This Method outputs all Open Solicitations recorded in the SBIR.gov database
- Example: https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?keyword=sbir&agency=HHS&open=1 OR https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?open=1
- Return Types: XML, JSON and YAML
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Fields returned from the API: solicitation_title, solicitation_number, program, phase, agency, branch, solicitation_year, release_date, open_date, close_date, application_due_date(multiple values), sbir_solicitation_link, solicitation_agency_url, current_status, solicitation_topics(multiple values)
Fields included in solicitation_topics field: topic_title, branch, topic_number, topic_description, sbir_topic_link, subtopics(multiple values)
Fields included in subtopics field: subtopic_title, branch, subtopic_number, subtopic_description, sbir_subtopic_link
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Download all Closed
- Description: This Method outputs all Closed Solicitations recorded in the SBIR.gov database
- Example: https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?keyword=sbir&agency=HHS&closed=1 OR https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?agency=HHS&closed=1
- Return Types: XML, JSON and YAML
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Fields returned from the API: solicitation_title, solicitation_number, program, phase, agency, branch, solicitation_year, release_date, open_date, close_date, application_due_date(multiple values), sbir_solicitation_link, solicitation_agency_url, current_status, solicitation_topics(multiple values)
Fields included in solicitation_topics field: topic_title, branch, topic_number, topic_description, sbir_topic_link, subtopics(multiple values)
Fields included in subtopics field: subtopic_title, branch, subtopic_number, subtopic_description, sbir_subtopic_link
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Additional Information
Rows per request:The API default response will contain a maximum of 100 rows, if your search yields more results you can paginate to the next result or increase the amount of data in the SBIR response with the rows parameter. Limit 10,000 or less.
Example: https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?rows=100
Example: https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?rows=1000
Pagination and Maneuvering through Pages:
To continue to receive the remaining portions of your search results you must enable the starting offset parameter also known as Offset-based Pagination. The pages for this API have set limits for number of records per request as mentioned above. Using the assumption that the limitation is set to 100 records below is an example of how the pagination is set for this API:
For Page 2 Example: https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?start=100
For Page 3 Example: https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml?start=200
Note: The starting offset is akin to "provide me with all results after this given number of records", and if you go off the end of the total number of pages you will no longer receive results.
Return Types:
To change the return type from the API you will need to modify the document type in the URL request.
Example: Return Type=XML
https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.xml
Example: Return Type= JSON
https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.json
Example: Return Type=YAML
https://www.sbir.gov/api/solicitations.yaml
Sorting:
Default sorting in this endpoint is solicitation close date in descending order. Changing the sorting is currently not supported on this endpoint.
