openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: SAM.gov Public Location Services Cities States API
  description: The SAM.gov Public Location Services API provides Location Services data including Country, State, City, and ZIP code validation for data submitted to SAM.gov (System for Award Management). This API requires a valid SAM.gov Federal Government System Account API key.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: GSA Open Technology
    url: https://open.gsa.gov/api/location-public-api/
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Zero (CC0)
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
servers:
- url: https://api.sam.gov
  description: SAM.gov Production API
tags:
- name: States
  description: State and province lookup
paths:
  /locationservices/v1/states:
    get:
      tags:
      - States
      summary: Get List of States and Provinces
      description: Retrieve a list of states, provinces, and subdivisions for both the United States and foreign countries. Supports searching by state/province name or code. Used to validate state data submitted to SAM.gov.
      operationId: getStates
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        description: SAM.gov Federal Government System Account API key
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cc
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, e.g. US for United States)
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: searchby
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Field to search by (e.g. statename, statecode)
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        description: General query string for state name search
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: active
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter to active states/provinces only (Y/N)
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Y
          - N
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with list of states/provinces
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  totalRecords:
                    type: integer
                    description: Total number of matching records
                  stateList:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        stateCode:
                          type: string
                          description: State/province code
                        stateName:
                          type: string
                          description: State/province name
                        countryCode:
                          type: string
                          description: Country code
                        activeInd:
                          type: string
                          description: Active indicator (Y/N)
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing API key
        '500':
          description: Internal server error