# POST /api/v2/autocomplete/awarding_agency is deprecated

USAspending API deprecated POST /api/v2/autocomplete/awarding_agency without giving a shutdown date yet.

The provider deprecated POST /api/v2/autocomplete/awarding_agency on January 23, 2024, without a shutdown date. Calls to this endpoint will eventually fail once the removal takes effect. The documentation notes that developers should see the new awarding endpoint contract.

## What to use instead

Call POST /api/v2/autocomplete/awarding_agency_office/ instead.

- API: USAspending API (api.usaspending.gov)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: January 23, 2024
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /api/v2/autocomplete/awarding_agency`
- Source: [Announcement](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fedspendingtransparency/usaspending-api/master/usaspending_api/api_contracts/contracts/v2/autocomplete/awarding_agency.md)
- Verified: October 27, 2026, against USAspending API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/usaspending-api/breaking-changes/post-api-v2-autocomplete-awarding-agency-is-deprecated/

## USAspending API's words

> Deprecated: Please see the following API contract for the new awarding endpoint

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