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openFDA
FDA drug, device & food adverse events and recalls as JSON
openFDA is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's open API over its public datasets: drug/device/food adverse-event reports, recall enforcement reports, drug labeling (SPL), and NDC product data. It is REST/JSON with full-text Elasticsearch/Lucene-style search, counting, and date filtering. A free API key is optional but strongly recommended to lift the daily cap.
Free tier
Free; key optional (raises the daily limit)Rate limits
No key: 240 req/min and 1,000 req/day per IP. With free key: 240 req/min and 120,000 req/day per keyAuth
API keyBase URL
https://api.fda.govWhat you'd build with it
- Surface drug interaction / adverse-event signals in a health assistant skill
- Monitor and alert on FDA recall enforcement reports
- Look up structured drug label sections (warnings, dosage) by product name
- Aggregate adverse reactions with the count= parameter for dashboards
Key endpoints
- GET
/drug/event.jsonAdverse-event reports (FAERS) for drugs - GET
/drug/label.jsonStructured drug labeling (SPL) - GET
/drug/ndc.jsonNational Drug Code directory - GET
/device/event.jsonMedical device adverse events (MAUDE) - GET
/food/enforcement.jsonFood recall enforcement reports
Members
Members get the runnable recipe
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Tags
healthpharmagovernmentopen-data