Query live GSA Auctions federal surplus asset listings using the public GSA Auctions API

domain: gsa.github.io · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Sign up for a personal API key at api.data.gov, since the shared DEMO_KEY is rate-limited and only usable for initial browsing
  2. Call the auctions endpoint at api.gsa.gov/assets/gsaauctions/v2/auctions with your api_key parameter
  3. Choose JSON or XML output using the format parameter
  4. Parse the returned listings, which aggregate auction data from all participating federal agencies
  5. Respect the published rate limits when polling for new listings on a schedule

Known gotchas

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