# Gloom Government Awards Data

> Gloom Government Awards Data is a paid API for AI agents from api.gloom.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.12/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-01).

Retrieves government contract and award records for a given stock ticker symbol from sources like USASpending.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.gloom.sh/v1/awards?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.12/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gloom-government-awards-data-915093f6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_aS3ZVo6wUkvKrjtjF4p9i

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability gloom-government-awards-data-915093f6
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the government contract and award records for AAPL from Gloom's awards data — I want to see the prime awards from USASpending.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured government contract and award data linked to publicly traded companies by ticker symbol, particularly sourced from USASpending. Prefer this over general web search when you need machine-readable, structured award records suitable for downstream financial analysis or portfolio research.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker symbol returns empty data array
- Missing or malformed properties parameter may return a 400 error
- No government awards found for the given ticker returns an empty data array
- Payment failure (402) if USDC payment is not properly attached via x402 protocol
- Rate limiting or API key issues returning 429 or 401 errors

## How this service works

Gloom is a free, open-source finance terminal for desktop and TUI with charts, news, filings, portfolios, alerts, and plugins.

## Output

Returns a JSON array of government award records, each containing fields such as source (e.g. usaspending), ticker symbol, award date, award type (e.g. prime), award status, description, period start, jurisdiction (e.g. US), and a source-specific award ID.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": [
   {
    "source": "usaspending",
    "symbol": "AAPL",
    "awardDate": "2026-09-30",
    "awardType": "prime",
    "dateBasis": null,
    "awardStatus": null,
    "description": null,
    "periodStart": null,
    "jurisdiction": "US",
    "sourceAwardId": "ILLUSTRATIVE-1"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gloom-government-awards-data-915093f6/health.json
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