How to Scrape Government Data and Public Records (Free APIs)

Government data is free, legal, and structured. Here are the best sources. US Government APIs data.gov (10,000+ datasets) https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?q=housing Census Bureau https://api.census.gov/data/2020/acs/acs5?get=NAME,B01001_001E&for=state:* Bureau of Labor Statistics async function getBLSData ( seriesId ) { const res = await fetch ( " https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/ " , { method : " POST " , headers : { " Content-Type " : " application/json " }, body : JSON . stringify ({ seriesid : [ seriesId ], startyear : " 2023 " , endyear : " 2026 " }) }); return res . json (); } SEC EDGAR (Company Filings) https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=tesla&dateRange=custom&startdt=2026-01-01 International Source Data URL World Bank Economic indicators api.worldbank.org UN Data Demographics data.un.org Eurostat EU statistics ec.europa.eu/eurostat OECD Policy data data.oecd.org Use Cases Market sizing with census data Economic trend analysis Regulato