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Tools for Developers

The National Archives promotes the innovative application of agency data in public and private sectors. Archives.gov/developers connects citizen developers with the tool they need to unlock government data.

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

• The Federal Register API
  FederalRegister.gov is a fully open source project. The source code for the main site is available on GitHub, as well as the chef cookbooks for maintaining the servers, and the WordPress themes and configuration.
• Flickr API
  The National Archives has made more than 10,000 images of records available on Flickr. As a participating institution in the Commons on Flickr, the National Archives makes available images of documents, photographs, and other records with no known copy restrictions. These records can be accessed through the Flickr API.

Digitization Software Tools

• AVI-MetaEdit
  The software gives you ability to perform various metadata editing for AVI files. You can use the tool to embed, edit, import, and export metadata.
• File Analyzer
  The File Analyzer performs filename validation and statistical analysis for file data like checksum and file size.
• MediaInfo
  This tool offers a GUI to display stream information for video and audio files. It also provides customization for data display and export formats.
• Video Frame Analyzer
  This software automates the quality control process for digitized video files. It also provides analysis for video frame level metadata.

Datasets

• Code of Federal Regulations
  This dataset contains the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in XML format. The CFR is the codification of the general and permanent regulations of the Federal Government published in the Federal Register.
• Federal Register
  This dataset contains the daily Federal Register in XML format. The Federal Register is the official legal newspaper of the United States Government.
• Archival Descriptions from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
  This dataset contains information of permanent holdings of the Federal Government in the custody of the National Archives in XML format.
• Organization Descriptions from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
  The dataset contains the organization descriptions from the Archival Research Catalog in XML format.
• United States Government Manual
  The U.S. Government Manual is the official handbook of the U.S. Government and available in XML format.
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
  This is the official public Presidential writings, addresses, and remarks in XML format.
• Executive Orders of the Presidents of the United States
  The dataset contains the official documents through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government in CSV format.

GitHub

• The National Archives on GitHub
  Makes available code related to the work of the U.S. National Archives
• The Federal Register on GitHub
  Makes available code related to the Federal Register