FAADC Atom Feed FAQ
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Contents
- 1 Where can I find all the data elements in the atom feed?
- 2 How do we fetch deleted records?
- 3 Would pulling thousands of records at a time be a problem for the atom feed?
- 4 What time of day is good to schedule atom feed downloads?
- 5 Do I need an FPDS account to use FAADC Atom Feed?
- 6 Atom feed is updated on a daily basis. What data element should I use to extract the contracts?
- 7 What are the basic differences between the Atom Feed versions?
Where can I find all the data elements in the atom feed?
Here are the URLs that show the data elements in the data feed for different versions.
https://beta.fpds.gov/wiki/index.php/FAADC_Atom_Feed_Specifications_V_1.0
https://beta.fpds.gov/wiki/index.php/FAADC_Atom_Feed_Specifications_V_1.1
https://beta.fpds.gov/wiki/index.php/FAADC_Atom_Feed_Specifications_V_1.2
How do we fetch deleted records?
The URL below will fetch the deleted records.
https://beta.fpds.gov/ezsearch/FEEDS/ATOM?s=FPDS&FEEDNAME=ASSISTANCE&AUTHENTICATION=HEADER&q=*
Would pulling thousands of records at a time be a problem for the atom feed?
Pulling 10K records per search in the limit for Atom Feed would not be feasible. 1 atom feed thread is limited to pull only 10 records per search, however, you can run 10 threads per search, so technically you would be able to pull 100 records per search
What time of day is good to schedule atom feed downloads?
Any time after 9:00 AM eastern time.
Do I need an FPDS account to use FAADC Atom Feed?
Yes. If you are a user that needs access to FAADC feeds, please go to www.fsd.gov or call (866) 606-8220 to request an Authenticated ATOM Feed account.
Atom feed is updated on a daily basis. What data element should I use to extract the contracts?
Use the 'last modified date', different search criteria is also available.
What are the basic differences between the Atom Feed versions?
V 1.0 - The initial version of the FAADC Atom Feed. XML Samples for Assistance Award and Assistance Deleted can be found in the V1.0 Specifications link mentioned above.
V 1.1 – Several new fields and updates have been added to the FAADC Atom feeds.
- A new “Entity Identifiers” tag has been created, to display entity UEI (DUNS) and UEI (SAM) information.
- The ‘vendorDUNSInformation’ tag has been moved into this parent tag.
- A new ‘vendorUEIInformation’ tag and associated UEI element tags have been created.
- The ‘cageCode’ tag has been moved beneath the ‘vendorUEIInformation’ tag. This tag was previously located within the ‘vendorDUNSInformation’ tag.
- A new 'entityDataSource' tag has been created.
- A set of generic tags has been created.
The new fields are listed below for reference:
Vendor section
- Entity Data Source: <entityDataSource> - Unique Entity ID (SAM): <UEI> - UEI Legal Business Name: <UEILegalBusinessName> - Immediate Parent UEI: <immediateParentUEI> - Immediate Parent UEI Name: <immediateParentUEIName> - Domestic Parent UEI: <domesticParentUEI> - Domestic Parent UEI Name: <domesticParentUEIName> - Ultimate Parent UEI: <ultimateParentUEI> - Ultimate Parent UEI Name: <ultimateParentUEIName>
Generic Tag section
- 18 Generic String tags - 2 Generic Boolean tags - 2 Generic Float tags - 2 Generic Integer tags
*Note: Future use of the blank tags will be decided by the executive governance working group. The CWS will have to be certified to ensure that the new generic tags can be sent.