Overview
To help prevent exploitation from unofficial sources, phishing scams, or malicious entities, the U.S. Digital Registry serves as a crowdsource resource for agencies, citizens, and developers to confirm the official status of social media and public-facing collaboration accounts, mobile apps, and mobile websites. The accounts in the registry are independently updated by federal managers across the government who maintain individual agency accounts.
Getting Started
The API documentation below serves as both a way to learn how to use the API, but to also test it directly in your browser. All API calls should be performed against the base url https://api.gsa.gov/technology/digital-registry/. For example: https://api.gsa.gov/technology/digital-registry/v1/social_media.json
To begin using this API, you will need to register for an API Key. You can sign up for an API key below. After registration, you will need to provide this API key in the x-api-key HTTP header with every API request.
| HTTP Header Name | Description |
|---|---|
| x-api-key | API key from api.data.gov. For sample purposes, you can use DEMO_KEY as an API key. |
OpenAPI Specification File
You can view the full details of this API in the OpenAPI Specification file available here: Open API specification file for the Digital Registry API
API Calls
Contact Us
If you have questions, comments or ideas on how to use or improve the U.S. Digital Registry, please contact us via email.