Is there an API for USDA Economic Research Service?

USDA Economic Research Service does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 2 maintained endpoints for data.ers.usda.gov. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape USDA Economic Research Service data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when data.ers.usda.gov changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a USDA Economic Research Service account?

No. Every USDA Economic Research Service action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the USDA Economic Research Service API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

Government Legal

USDA Economic Research Service API

data.ers.usda.gov

USDA Economic Research Service - dataset catalog, search, and metadata with downloads.

Actions: 2
Category: Government Legal
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

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Call the USDA Economic Research Service API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs act_data_ers_usda_gov_data_products_catalog_listing.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "act_data_ers_usda_gov_data_products_catalog_listing",
    "params": {
      "topic_slug": "international-markets-us-trade",
      "sort_by": "date-newest"
    }
  }'

2 actions on data.ers.usda.gov

Read

Data Products Catalog Listing
act_data_ers_usda_gov_data_products_catalog_listingread2 credits / call
Returns data products filtered by topic, type, and keyword with names and links.
topic_slug
string
sort_by
string
filter_type
string
search_keyword
string
Dataset Product Details
act_data_ers_usda_gov_dataset_product_detail_ssrread1 credit / call
Returns dataset detail including name, description, update date, and download URLs.
product_slug
string · required

USDA Economic Research Service API questions

Is there an API for USDA Economic Research Service?: USDA Economic Research Service does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 2 maintained endpoints for data.ers.usda.gov. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape USDA Economic Research Service data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when data.ers.usda.gov changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a USDA Economic Research Service account?: No. Every USDA Economic Research Service action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the USDA Economic Research Service API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.