TED API

Search EU public tenders on TED and pull full notices with lots, values and winners as JSON.

The API.SH TED API covers Tenders Electronic Daily, the EU's official journal for public procurement. Search notices by full text, buyer country, CPV code, notice type, contract nature, procedure, buyer, publication dates and tender deadline. Then open one notice for its lots, estimated and awarded values, award criteria with weighting, framework details, EU funding, the buyer's public contact details and the winners. This is the EU tenders TED, not TED Talks.

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EU public tender search (TED)

GET https://api.api.sh/ted/v1/search

{ "success": true }

1 credit · $1 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the TED API

Tender alerts

Search new notices by CPV code and country every day and send matching opportunities to your sales team before the deadline.

/search

Bid preparation

Open a notice to read its lots, award criteria and weighting, estimated values and deadlines before you decide to bid.

/notice

Competitor and award analysis

Pull contract award notices to see who won, the awarded value per lot and the lowest and highest tenders.

/search /notice

Public procurement market research

Measure spending by country, CPV branch, procedure type and buyer to size a public-sector market.

/search

Buyer prospecting

Find the public buyers that tender in your field and read their city, activity and public contact details.

/search /notice

TED data you get

Field names from real responses. Numbers come parsed, URLs absolute, dates in ISO 8601.

TED API endpoints and prices

Every TED endpoint costs 1 credit per call: credits are $1 per 1,000 on a monthly plan, $2 pay-as-you-go. Pricing

Search and discovery1

EU public tender search (TED)

/ted/v1/search

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

More data1

EU public tender notice (TED)

/ted/v1/notice

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Call the TED API

EU public tender search (TED): GET https://api.api.sh/ted/v1/search

curl "https://api.api.sh/ted/v1/search?q=software" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/ted/v1/search",
    params={"q": "software"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/ted/v1/search");
url.searchParams.set("q", "software");

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json();

# Google Sheets (API.SH add-on)
=APISH("/ted/v1/search", "q", "software")

# Zapier, Make, n8n (verified node): pick the API.SH app,
# choose "TED" and "EU public tender search (TED)".

# AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor): add the
# API.SH MCP server https://api.sh/mcp

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Why API.SH for TED data

Public data only: no TED login, cookies or account needed
One key and one response shape for TED and 482 other platforms
Built and maintained by API.SH, not third-party publishers
Pay per call; errors on our side cost nothing
Live status for every endpoint

API.SH vs the official TED API

TED has an official, free API run by the EU Publications Office, with a public Search API that uses TED's expert query syntax and API keys for submitting eForms notices. API.SH wraps public TED data in simple filters (country, CPV, deadline) and returns flat JSON in the same shape as its other registries, with no query language to learn.

Apify lists many TED scrapers with different outputs; API.SH gives you one maintained search and notice endpoint, one key and a fixed price per call.

TED API questions

What TED data can I get?+

Notice search with full text, country, CPV, notice type, contract nature, procedure, buyer, date and deadline filters (/ted/v1/search), and one full notice with lots, values, award criteria, EU funding, buyer contacts and winners (/ted/v1/notice).

How much does the TED API cost?+

Every TED endpoint costs 1 credit per call. On a monthly plan 1,000 credits cost $1 (Starter is $50/month for 50,000 credits). Pay-as-you-go is $2 per 1,000 credits, with top-ups from $15 that never expire.

Is there a free trial?+

Yes. Every account gets 1,000 free credits every month. That is 1,000 calls to /ted/v1/notice at 1 credit each.

Is there an official TED API?+

Yes. The EU Publications Office runs the TED API with a free Search API documented at docs.ted.europa.eu. Use it if you are comfortable with its expert query syntax; API.SH is for teams that want plain filters and ready-to-use JSON next to their other data sources.

Do I need a TED account or API key?+

Not a TED one. You only need your API.SH key. API.SH reads public TED notices and no endpoint uses a TED login.

How do I search by CPV code?+

Pass cpv to /ted/v1/search. A shorter code matches the whole branch, so cpv=48 returns every notice in the software packages and information systems branch. Combine it with country, notice_type, deadline_from and deadline_to.

Is this the TED Talks API?+

No. This TED is Tenders Electronic Daily, the EU public procurement journal. It returns tender and contract award notices, not talks.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key. 3. Call /ted/v1/search with q=software and country=DE. Docs and request examples are at https://api.sh/docs. You can also use the JS or Python SDK, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n or the MCP server at https://api.sh/mcp.