Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) API

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) API
  description: Public APIs published by FOIA.gov, including the Agency Components API (Drupal JSON:API) for browsing federal
    agencies and their FOIA components, and the Annual Report XML API for retrieving an agency's FOIA annual report. A separate
    Agency API specification defines how the FOIA.gov portal submits requests to participating agencies.
  tags:
  - Freedom
  - Of
  - Information
  - Act
  - API
  created: '2026-05-06'
  modified: '2026-05-06'
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: freedom-of-information-act
    baseUri: https://api.foia.gov
    description: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) API HTTP API.
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      value: '{{FREEDOM_OF_INFORMATION_ACT_TOKEN}}'
    resources:
    - name: api-agency-components
      path: /api/agency_components
      operations:
      - name: listagencycomponents
        method: GET
        description: List agency components
        inputParameters:
        - name: fields[agency_component]
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Sparse fieldset for agency_component.
        - name: fields[agency]
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Sparse fieldset for agency.
        - name: include
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Related resources to include (e.g., agency).
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: api-agency-components-id
      path: /api/agency_components/{id}
      operations:
      - name: getagencycomponent
        method: GET
        description: Get agency component
        inputParameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: api-agency-components-id-request-form
      path: /api/agency_components/{id}/request_form
      operations:
      - name: getagencycomponentrequestform
        method: GET
        description: Get an agency component's request form
        inputParameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: api-annual-report-xml-agencyabbreviation-year
      path: /api/annual-report-xml/{agencyAbbreviation}/{year}
      operations:
      - name: getannualreportxml
        method: GET
        description: Get an agency annual FOIA report
        inputParameters:
        - name: agencyAbbreviation
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
        - name: year
          in: path
          type: integer
          required: true
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: components-id-requests
      path: /components/{id}/requests/
      operations:
      - name: submitagencyrequest
        method: POST
        description: Submit a FOIA request to an agency component
        inputParameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          type: integer
          required: true
          description: Unique identifier for the agency component.
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    port: 8080
    namespace: freedom-of-information-act-rest
    description: REST adapter for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) API.
    resources:
    - path: /api/agency_components
      name: listagencycomponents
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listagencycomponents
        description: List agency components
        call: freedom-of-information-act.listagencycomponents
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /api/agency_components/{id}
      name: getagencycomponent
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getagencycomponent
        description: Get agency component
        call: freedom-of-information-act.getagencycomponent
        with:
          id: rest.id
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /api/agency_components/{id}/request_form
      name: getagencycomponentrequestform
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getagencycomponentrequestform
        description: Get an agency component's request form
        call: freedom-of-information-act.getagencycomponentrequestform
        with:
          id: rest.id
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /api/annual-report-xml/{agencyAbbreviation}/{year}
      name: getannualreportxml
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getannualreportxml
        description: Get an agency annual FOIA report
        call: freedom-of-information-act.getannualreportxml
        with:
          agencyAbbreviation: rest.agencyAbbreviation
          year: rest.year
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /components/{id}/requests/
      name: submitagencyrequest
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: submitagencyrequest
        description: Submit a FOIA request to an agency component
        call: freedom-of-information-act.submitagencyrequest
        with:
          id: rest.id
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    port: 9090
    namespace: freedom-of-information-act-mcp
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) API for AI agent use.
    tools:
    - name: listagencycomponents
      description: List agency components
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: freedom-of-information-act.listagencycomponents
      with:
        fields[agency_component]: tools.fields[agency_component]
        fields[agency]: tools.fields[agency]
        include: tools.include
      inputParameters:
      - name: fields[agency_component]
        type: string
        description: Sparse fieldset for agency_component.
      - name: fields[agency]
        type: string
        description: Sparse fieldset for agency.
      - name: include
        type: string
        description: Related resources to include (e.g., agency).
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: getagencycomponent
      description: Get agency component
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: freedom-of-information-act.getagencycomponent
      with:
        id: tools.id
      inputParameters:
      - name: id
        type: string
        description: id
        required: true
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: getagencycomponentrequestform
      description: Get an agency component's request form
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: freedom-of-information-act.getagencycomponentrequestform
      with:
        id: tools.id
      inputParameters:
      - name: id
        type: string
        description: id
        required: true
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: getannualreportxml
      description: Get an agency annual FOIA report
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: freedom-of-information-act.getannualreportxml
      with:
        agencyAbbreviation: tools.agencyAbbreviation
        year: tools.year
      inputParameters:
      - name: agencyAbbreviation
        type: string
        description: agencyAbbreviation
        required: true
      - name: year
        type: integer
        description: year
        required: true
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: submitagencyrequest
      description: Submit a FOIA request to an agency component
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: freedom-of-information-act.submitagencyrequest
      with:
        id: tools.id
      inputParameters:
      - name: id
        type: integer
        description: Unique identifier for the agency component.
        required: true
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    FREEDOM_OF_INFORMATION_ACT_TOKEN: FREEDOM_OF_INFORMATION_ACT_TOKEN