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openFDA API — Other

openFDA API — Other. 3 operations. Lead operation: Historical FDA documents. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one openFDA business surface.

openFDA API — Other is a Naftiko capability published by openFDA, one of 6 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 3 operations across the GET method rooted at /v1/other.

The capability includes 3 read-only operations. Lead operation: Historical FDA documents. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include openFDA and Other.

Run with Naftiko openFDAOther

What You Can Do

GET

Searchhistoricaldocuments — Historical FDA documents

/v1/other/historicaldocument-json

GET

Searchnsde — National Drug Code SPL Data Elements (NSDE)

/v1/other/nsde-json

GET

Searchsubstance — Substance data

/v1/other/substance-json

MCP Tools

historical-fda-documents

Historical FDA documents

read-only idempotent

national-drug-code-spl-data

National Drug Code SPL Data Elements (NSDE)

read-only idempotent

substance-data

Substance data

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: openFDA API — Other
  description: 'openFDA API — Other. 3 operations. Lead operation: Historical FDA documents. Self-contained Naftiko capability
    covering one openFDA business surface.'
  tags:
  - openFDA
  - Other
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    OPENFDA_API_KEY: OPENFDA_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: openfda-other
    baseUri: https://api.fda.gov
    description: openFDA API — Other business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: other-historicaldocument.json
      path: /other/historicaldocument.json
      operations:
      - name: searchhistoricaldocuments
        method: GET
        description: Historical FDA documents
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: other-nsde.json
      path: /other/nsde.json
      operations:
      - name: searchnsde
        method: GET
        description: National Drug Code SPL Data Elements (NSDE)
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: other-substance.json
      path: /other/substance.json
      operations:
      - name: searchsubstance
        method: GET
        description: Substance data
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: api_key
      value: '{{env.OPENFDA_API_KEY}}'
      placement: query
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: openfda-other-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for openFDA API — Other. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed with
      /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/other/historicaldocument-json
      name: other-historicaldocument-json
      description: REST surface for other-historicaldocument.json.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: searchhistoricaldocuments
        description: Historical FDA documents
        call: openfda-other.searchhistoricaldocuments
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/other/nsde-json
      name: other-nsde-json
      description: REST surface for other-nsde.json.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: searchnsde
        description: National Drug Code SPL Data Elements (NSDE)
        call: openfda-other.searchnsde
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/other/substance-json
      name: other-substance-json
      description: REST surface for other-substance.json.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: searchsubstance
        description: Substance data
        call: openfda-other.searchsubstance
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: openfda-other-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for openFDA API — Other. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's
      consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: historical-fda-documents
      description: Historical FDA documents
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: openfda-other.searchhistoricaldocuments
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: national-drug-code-spl-data
      description: National Drug Code SPL Data Elements (NSDE)
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: openfda-other.searchnsde
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: substance-data
      description: Substance data
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: openfda-other.searchsubstance
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.