openFDA
APIFree FDA API for US drug labels, adverse events, recalls and NDC codes
- Price
- Free public API
- Access
- Optional free API key
About
openFDA is the US Food and Drug Administration's public API for drug labeling, adverse event reports, the NDC directory, recalls, Drugs@FDA approvals and shortages. The data is CC0 and covers US-regulated products only; the FDA warns not to rely on it for medical care decisions.
What you can do with it
- Look up US drug label sections like dosage, warnings and interactions by drug name
- Search FDA adverse event reports filed for a medication
- Check recalls and NDC product codes for drugs sold in the US
Get started
- Query api.fda.gov without a key for up to 1,000 requests a day
- Get a free key for 120,000 requests a day
- Pass the key as the api_key query parameter
Example
curl "https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?search=openfda.generic_name:ibuprofen&limit=1"Details
- Hosting
- Hosted service
- Available in
- Worldwide
- MCP server
- None
