BusinessUSA connects businesses to many government services and information. The Resource Access API is a service that provides access to BusinessUSA resource abstracts including programs, services, data, events, and more, with a simple API call in XML and CSV formats.
Sample API Calls
BusinessUSA - Download by keyword
Download all enteries based on key words in the content-types
Description:
This method outputs all enteries in the business.usa.gov database that contain the input keyword(s). Output format may be either XML or CSV
Example:
http://business.usa.gov/api/[ReturnType]?keyword=[KeyWordToSearch]
Return Type:
XML, CSV
Fields returned from the API:
content-type, detail-description, learn-more-url, title
BusinessUSA - Download by Content-Type
Download all Articles
Description:
This method outputs all articles found in the business.usa.gov database either in XML or CSV format
Example:
http://business.usa.gov/api/article/[ReturnType]
Return Type:
XML, CSV
Fields returned from the API:
title, learn_more_url, publish_date, detailed_text, topic
Download all Data
Description:
This method outputs all data content-types in the business.usa.gov database either in XML or CSV format
Example:
http://business.usa.gov/api/data/[ReturnType]
Return Type:
XML, CSV
Fields returned from the API:
title, detail_description, eligibility, organization, poc_email, poc_name, poc_organization, poc_phone_no, learn_more_url
Download all Events
Description:
This method outputs all events found in the business.usa.gov database either in XML or CSV format
Example:
http://business.usa.gov/api/event/[ReturnType]
Return Type:
XML, CSV
Fields returned from the API:
title, event_start_date, event_end_date, detail_description, link_to_register_url, address_line_1, address_line_2, city, state, zip_code, organization, poc_name, poc_email, poc_phone_no, learn_more_url
Download all Programs
Description:
This method outputs all programs found in the business.usa.gov database either in XML or CSV format
Example:
http://business.usa.gov/api/program/[ReturnType]
Return Type:
XML, CSV
Fields returned from the API:
title, detail_description, eligibility, learn_more_url, organization, poc_name, poc_organization, poc_email, poc_phone_no
Download all Services
Description:
This method outputs all services found in the business.usa.gov database either in XML or CSV format
Example:
http://business.usa.gov/api/service/[ReturnType]
Return Type:
XML, CSV
Fields returned from the API:
title, detail_description, eligibility, organization, poc_name, poc_organization, poc_phone_no, poc_email, learn_more_url
Download all Success Stories
Description:
This method outputs all success stories found in the business.usa.gov database either in XML or CSV format
Example:
http://business.usa.gov/api/ss/[ReturnType]
Return Type:
XML, CSV
Fields returned from the API:
title, detailed_text, publish_date, topic, learn_more_url
Download all Tools
Description:
This method outputs all tool content-types in the business.usa.gov database either in XML or CSV format
Example:
http://business.usa.gov/api/tools/[ReturnType]
Return Type:
XML, CSV
Fields returned from the API:
title, organization, learn_more_url, detailed_text