Developer
This page is for developers. We built this site entirely off the APIs below and we want to share them with you. We have the goal of embodying the spirit of the Internet by delivering the National Broadband Map through simple open standards on which others could further innovate. The APIs (Application Programming Interface) below are provided so that you can further drive the data across the public and private sectors through your own applications. Our APIs are free for use by anyone.
These online tools will empower developers across the country to leverage government data in ways never imagined, creating immense value for the American public.
If you use our APIs, please indicate the source on your page. Also, don't forget to tell us how you have used our platform in your projects! Send email to: developer@fcc.gov. We will be featuring innovative uses of broadband data in our Developer Showcase.
Please note: Time series Fall2010 and Dec2010 are no longer available. Use /jun2011/ for oldest available time series. Current is: /jun2012
The tools released include:
- Almanac API - Parameters
- Almanac API - Ranking by Geography ID within a State
- Almanac API - Ranking by Geography ID within the Nation
- Almanac API - Ranking by Geography Type within a State
- Almanac API - Ranking by Geography Type within the Nation
- BIP Funding API - by State ID
- BIP Funding API - by State Name
- BIP Funding API - Nation
- Broadband Provider API - all Providers
- Broadband Provider API - by Provider Name
- Broadband Summary API - By Geography Type and Geography ID
- Broadband Summary API - Nation
- BTOP Funding API - By State ID
- BTOP Funding API - By State Name
- BTOP Funding API - Nation
- Census API - By Coordinates
- Census API - by FIPS code
- Census API - By Geography Name
- Community Anchor Institutions - Closest by latitude and longitude
- Community Anchor Institutions API - By Geography Type and Geography ID
- Community Anchor Institutions API - By Geography Type and Geography Name
- Community Anchor Institutions API - Nation
- Demographics API - by Coordinates
- Demographics API - By Geography Type and Geography ID
- Demographics API - By Geography Type and Geography Name
- Demographics API - Nation
- Geography Lookup API - by Geography ID
- Geography Lookup API - By Geography Type
- Geography Lookup API - By Geography Type and Geography Name
- Geography Lookup API - By Geography Type within a State
- Geography Lookup API - By name of specific Geography Type within a State
- Provider Statistics API - All providers within a Geography
- Provider Statistics API - All providers within a State
- Provider Statistics API - All providers within Nation
- Provider Statistics API - Provider within a Geography
- Provider Statistics API - Provider within a State
- Provider Statistics API - Provider within Nation
- Provider Statistics API - Similar providers within a Geography
- Provider Statistics API - Similar providers within a State
- Provider Statistics API - Similar providers within Nation
- Provider Statistics API - Similar search parameters
- Providers by Geography API by provider name within a Geography
- Providers by Geography API by provider name within Nation
- Speed Test API - By Geography Type and Geography ID
- Speed Test API - By Geography Type and Geography Name
- Speed Test API - Minimum and Maximum Quartile speeds by Geography Type
- Speed Test API - Nation
- Wireless Broadband API
- Wireline Broadband API
Please note: API's which offer a "household" parameter, the data returned is actually "housing units". We will correct this parameter in a future release.
In addition, NTIA/FCC has provided the ability to download data.
Cool Tricks
The following can be appended to search results, compare, rank and summarize:
- append "/>tw" or "/>tweet" or "/>twitter" to url to post to your open twitter account, with short URL.
- append "/>fb" or "/>facebook" to url to post link to your open Facebook account.
- append "/>buzz" to url to post link to Google Buzz.
- append "/>delicious" to url to post link to Del.icio.us.
- append "/>digg" to url to post link to Digg.
- append "/>stumblupon" to url to post link to Stumble Upon.
- append "/>tinyurl" or "/>shorturl" to url to get the page short url.
- append "/>csv" to url to download any results into a CSV file.
- append "/>xml" to url to get xml data.
- append "/>json" to url to get json data.
- append "/>print" to trigger the print prompt.