generated: '2026-07-27'
method: searched
result: no-official-sdks
summary: >-
  FERC publishes no client libraries in any language. Registries probed on 2026-07-27 — npm, PyPI,
  Maven Central, NuGet, pkg.go.dev, RubyGems, Packagist and crates.io — returned nothing first-party,
  and FERC has no GitHub organisation. The community has filled the gap, notably Catalyst
  Cooperative's PUDL project, which extracts and normalises FERC XBRL filings. FERC's own substitute
  for an SDK is the code-snippet generator in its Swagger console (Python, JavaScript, Java, curl),
  which emits per-endpoint request code after you authorise a key.
official_packages: []
registries_probed:
  - {registry: npm, query: ferc, official_hits: 0}
  - {registry: pypi, query: 'ferc, ferc-api, pyferc', official_hits: 0}
  - {registry: maven-central, official_hits: 0}
  - {registry: nuget, official_hits: 0}
  - {registry: pkg.go.dev, official_hits: 0}
  - {registry: rubygems, official_hits: 0}
  - {registry: packagist, official_hits: 0}
  - {registry: crates.io, official_hits: 0}
  - {registry: github, query: FERC organisation, result: 'no official org — api.github.com/orgs/ferc returns 404'}
community_packages:
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: catalystcoop.ferc-xbrl-extractor
    url: https://pypi.org/project/catalystcoop.ferc-xbrl-extractor/
    install: pip install catalystcoop.ferc-xbrl-extractor
    official: false
    maintainer: Catalyst Cooperative
    description: A tool for extracting data from FERC XBRL filings.
    relevance: >-
      Operates on the eForms XBRL output — the read side of what the eForms submission API writes.
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: catalystcoop.pudl
    url: https://pypi.org/project/catalystcoop.pudl/
    install: pip install catalystcoop.pudl
    official: false
    maintainer: Catalyst Cooperative
    description: >-
      Public Utility Data Liberation Project — an open data processing pipeline for US energy data,
      including FERC Form 1/2/6/60/714 and EQR.
  - language: javascript
    registry: npm
    name: ferc-elibrary-api
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ferc-elibrary-api
    install: npm install ferc-elibrary-api
    version: 1.0.2
    official: false
    source: https://github.com/4very/ferc-elibrary-api
    description: >-
      Unofficial wrapper for FERC eLibrary. Note that eLibrary itself has no public API — this
      package wraps the web interface.
first_party_alternatives:
  - name: Swagger console code snippets
    url: https://data.ferc.gov/developer/apiendpoints/
    languages: [Python, JavaScript, Java, 'curl (bash)', 'curl (cmd)']
    note: Generated per endpoint after authorising an API key. Copy-paste, not a versioned library.
  - name: FERC rendering tool (Arelle plugin)
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/vendor-files-library
    language: python
    note: >-
      First-party FERC code, but a filing-rendering plugin for Arelle rather than an API client. Not
      distributed through a package registry.
  - name: XULE validation rulesets
    url: https://www.ferc.gov/vendor-files-library
    note: First-party validation rules per form category, distributed as ruleset files.