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openFDA

US Food and Drug Administration data on drug labels, adverse events, recalls and medical devices. Works without a key; a free key raises the daily limit.

HealthAuth: NoneHTTPS: YesCORS: yesStatus: alive

Last verified: November 12, 2026

Reliability

100% uptime: the documentation responded in 3 of 3 checks over the last 30 days. Median response time: 144 ms.

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At a glance

// Fetch the docs page with cURL curl https://open.fda.gov/apis/

History

  • November 12, 2026: last health check, responding
  • November 9, 2026: Added to the directory (government api, verified by api bouncer)

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