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The Scramble Data API

Every number published on The Scramble (the-scramble.com) as free JSON: national board, New York, cage-free, egg products, inventory, cold storage, HPAI tracker, retail prices, price history and US production. No key, no sign-up, callable from any website or script. The files are rebuilt every time the site rebuilds with new data, so they always match the pages.

Base URL
https://the-scramble.com/api/v1
Auth
None
Format
JSON, UTF-8, GET only
CORS
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Series
11 · 16 key statistics
Data as of
Nov 10, 2026

Quick start

The newest reading of every series, from a terminal:

curl https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/latest.json

Or in JavaScript, from any page:

const res = await fetch("https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/latest.json");
const { data_as_of, data } = await res.json();
for (const row of data) console.log(row.title, row.headline, row.data_through);

Endpoints

GET /api/v1/index.json

API index. What this API is, its license and attribution, the sections it covers, and every endpoint.

Example: https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/index.json

Sample response
{
  "api": "The Scramble Data API",
  "version": "v1",
  "docs": "https://the-scramble.com/api",
  "data_as_of": "2026-11-10",
  "data_as_of_label": "Nov 10, 2026",
  "data_pulled_at": "2026-11-11T00:56:23.757Z",
  "generated_at": "2026-11-11T18:39:11.422Z",
  "attribution": "Credit The Scramble (the-scramble.com) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.",
  "name": "The Scramble Data API",
  "description": "Free JSON for every number published on The Scramble (the-scramble.com): national board, New York, cage-free, egg products, inventory, cold storage, HPAI tracker, retail prices, price history, US production. The shell-egg market in one screen.",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "The Scramble",
    "url": "https://the-scramble.com"
  },
  "auth": "none",
  "cors": "*",
  "format": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
  "license": "Free to use and republish with attribution; no key or sign-up. The underlying figures are public records from the agencies named in each series' provenance; The Scramble collects, checks and publishes them.",
  "update_policy": "Static files rebuilt every time the site rebuilds with new data. data_as_of in each response is the newest observation it holds; data_pulled_at is when the site last pulled its sources.",
  "counts": {
    "series": 11,
    "stats": 16
  },
  "sections": [
    {
      "key": "national",
      "label": "National board",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/national/large-white.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "region",
      "label": "New York",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/region/new-york.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "cagefree",
      "label": "Cage-free",
      "series": 2,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/cagefree/premium.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "products",
      "label": "Egg products",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/products/liquid-whole.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "inventory",
      "label": "Inventory",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/inventory/national.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "coldstorage",
      "label": "Cold storage",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/coldstorage/frozen-total.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "hpai",
      "label": "HPAI tracker",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/hpai/layer-flocks.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "retail-egg-prices",
      "label": "Retail prices",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/retail-egg-prices/us-average.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "egg-price-history",
      "label": "Price history",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/egg-price-history/us.json"
    },
    {
      "key": "us-egg-production",
      "label": "US production",
      "series": 1,
      "example": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/us-egg-production/us.json"
    }
  ],
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/api/v1/index.json",
      "url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/index.json",
      "description": "What this API is, its license and attribution, the sections it covers, and every endpoint."
    },
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/api/v1/latest.json",
      "url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/latest.json",
      "description": "The newest reading of every data page on The Scramble (11 series): the headline value as the site shows it, the newest point of each charted line with its date, whether it is current, and links to its page and full history."
    },
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/api/v1/stats.json",
      "url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/stats.json",
      "description": "The 16 headline numbers on the the-scramble.com/stats page, each as a quotable sentence with its data date and a ready-made citation."
    },
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/api/v1/series/{section}/{slug}.json",
      "url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/national/large-white.json",
      "description": "Everything behind one data page: every charted point (date + value), the historical band where the page draws one, the page's tables exactly as shown, its source and citation. Find each series_url in latest.json."
    },
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "path": "/api/v1/openapi.json",
      "url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/openapi.json",
      "description": "A machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 description of these endpoints."
    }
  ]
}

GET /api/v1/latest.json

Latest readings. The newest reading of every data page on The Scramble (11 series): the headline value as the site shows it, the newest point of each charted line with its date, whether it is current, and links to its page and full history.

Example: https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/latest.json

Sample response
{
  "api": "The Scramble Data API",
  "version": "v1",
  "docs": "https://the-scramble.com/api",
  "data_as_of": "2026-11-10",
  "data_as_of_label": "Nov 10, 2026",
  "data_pulled_at": "2026-11-11T00:56:23.757Z",
  "generated_at": "2026-11-11T18:39:11.422Z",
  "attribution": "Credit The Scramble (the-scramble.com) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.",
  "count": 11,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "national/large-white",
      "section": "national",
      "section_label": "National board",
      "title": "Large white egg prices, national",
      "headline": "62.7¢/doz",
      "unit": "¢/doz",
      "data_through": "2026-11-10",
      "frequency": "Daily (business days)",
      "status": "current",
      "values": [
        {
          "series": "National loose",
          "date": "2026-11-10",
          "value": 62.72
        }
      ],
      "source": "USDA AMS Egg Market News, Daily National Shell Egg Index",
      "page_url": "https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white",
      "series_url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/national/large-white.json"
    },
    {
      "id": "region/new-york",
      "section": "region",
      "section_label": "New York",
      "title": "New York egg prices",
      "headline": "99.0-103¢/doz",
      "unit": "¢/doz",
      "data_through": "2026-11-10",
      "frequency": "Daily (business days)",
      "status": "current",
      "values": [
        {
          "series": "Delivered Warehouse",
          "date": "2025-02-14",
          "value": 823
        },
        {
          "series": "Delivered Store Door",
          "date": "2026-11-10",
          "value": 101
        }
      ],
      "source": "USDA AMS Egg Market News, Daily New York Shell Egg",
      "page_url": "https://the-scramble.com/region/new-york",
      "series_url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/region/new-york.json"
    }
  ]
}

Trimmed to 2 of 11 entries.

GET /api/v1/stats.json

Key statistics. The 16 headline numbers on the the-scramble.com/stats page, each as a quotable sentence with its data date and a ready-made citation.

Example: https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/stats.json

Sample response
{
  "api": "The Scramble Data API",
  "version": "v1",
  "docs": "https://the-scramble.com/api",
  "data_as_of": "2026-11-10",
  "data_as_of_label": "Nov 10, 2026",
  "data_pulled_at": "2026-11-11T00:56:23.757Z",
  "generated_at": "2026-11-11T18:39:11.422Z",
  "attribution": "Credit The Scramble (the-scramble.com) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.",
  "stats_page": "https://the-scramble.com/stats",
  "count": 16,
  "stats": [
    {
      "id": "national-large-white",
      "label": "National large white benchmark",
      "sentence": "The US national large white shell egg benchmark is 62.7¢/doz, loose, down 68% year over year (USDA 5-day weighted average).",
      "data_date": "2026-11-10",
      "citation": "The US national large white shell egg benchmark is 62.7¢/doz loose as of Nov 10, 2026 (USDA). The Scramble. https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white",
      "stats_url": "https://the-scramble.com/stats#national-large-white",
      "page_url": "https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white",
      "series_url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/national/large-white.json",
      "provenance": "USDA AMS Egg Market News, Daily National Shell Egg Index · Large white shell eggs, graded loose · Loose, FOB plant · National · through Nov 10, 2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "national-xl-white",
      "label": "National extra large",
      "sentence": "The national extra large white shell egg price is 55.9¢/doz, loose (USDA).",
      "data_date": "2026-11-10",
      "citation": "The national extra large white shell egg price is 55.9¢/doz, loose (USDA). The Scramble. https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white#all-sizes",
      "stats_url": "https://the-scramble.com/stats#national-xl-white",
      "page_url": "https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white#all-sizes",
      "series_url": null,
      "provenance": null
    }
  ]
}

Trimmed to 2 of 16 statistics.

GET /api/v1/series/{section}/{slug}.json

One series, full history. Everything behind one data page: every charted point (date + value), the historical band where the page draws one, the page's tables exactly as shown, its source and citation. Find each series_url in latest.json.

Example: https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/national/large-white.json

Sample response
{
  "api": "The Scramble Data API",
  "version": "v1",
  "docs": "https://the-scramble.com/api",
  "data_as_of": "2026-11-10",
  "data_as_of_label": "Nov 10, 2026",
  "data_pulled_at": "2026-11-11T00:56:23.757Z",
  "generated_at": "2026-11-11T18:39:11.422Z",
  "attribution": "Credit The Scramble (the-scramble.com) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.",
  "id": "national/large-white",
  "section": "national",
  "section_label": "National board",
  "title": "Large white egg prices, national",
  "subtitle": "The USDA wholesale price for large white eggs was 62.7¢/doz on Nov 10, 2026: the Daily National Shell Egg Index, a 5-day weighted average for eggs sold loose at the plant. In stores, a dozen grade A large eggs averaged $2.32 in October 2026, the latest monthly BLS retail average.",
  "description": "The national white large shell egg benchmark price, USDA's 5-day weighted average in cents per dozen, 62.7¢/doz as of Nov 10, 2026, down 68% year over year.",
  "page_url": "https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white",
  "headline": "62.7¢/doz",
  "unit": "¢/doz",
  "data_through": "2026-11-10",
  "frequency": "Daily (business days)",
  "status": "current",
  "source": "USDA AMS Egg Market News, Daily National Shell Egg Index",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "USDA AMS Egg Market News, Daily National Shell Egg Index",
    "series": "Large white shell eggs, graded loose",
    "basis": "Loose, FOB plant",
    "geography": "National",
    "unit": "¢/doz",
    "period": "5-day weighted average",
    "lastObservation": "Nov 10, 2026",
    "frequency": "Daily (business days)"
  },
  "citation": "The US national large white shell egg benchmark is 62.7¢/doz loose as of Nov 10, 2026 (USDA). The Scramble. https://the-scramble.com/national/large-white",
  "series": [
    {
      "label": "National loose",
      "unit": "¢/doz",
      "points": [
        {
          "date": "2026-11-06",
          "value": 45.97
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-09",
          "value": 51.92
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-11-10",
          "value": 62.72
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tables": [
    {
      "caption": null,
      "columns": [
        "Period",
        "Current",
        "Prior",
        "Change"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "Week over week",
          "62.7¢/doz",
          "39.4¢/doz",
          "+59.3%"
        ],
        [
          "Month over month",
          "62.7¢/doz",
          "43.5¢/doz",
          "+44.2%"
        ],
        [
          "Year over year",
          "62.7¢/doz",
          "193¢/doz",
          "-67.6%"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Trimmed: the live response carries all 445 points, all 3 tables.

GET /api/v1/openapi.json

OpenAPI description. A machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 description of these endpoints.

Example: https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/openapi.json

Sample response
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "The Scramble Data API",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Free JSON for every number published on The Scramble (the-scramble.com): national board, New York, cage-free, egg products, inventory, cold storage, HPAI tracker, retail prices, price history, US production. The shell-egg market in one screen. No key needed. Credit The Scramble (the-scramble.com) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.",
    "license": {
      "name": "Free to use with attribution",
      "url": "https://the-scramble.com/api"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://the-scramble.com/api/v1"
    }
  ],
  "externalDocs": {
    "description": "Docs",
    "url": "https://the-scramble.com/api"
  },
  "paths": {
    "/index.json": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "getIndex",
  ...

First lines only.

What's in it

One series file per data page on the site, at https://the-scramble.com/api/v1/series/{section}/{slug}.json. Every valid pair is listed in latest.json (its id and series_url fields).

SectionSeriesExample
National boardThe USDA national 5-day weighted benchmark: large white loose shell eggs (the free public benchmark), with every other size and color and the regional prices beside it, in cents per dozen. 1 Large white egg prices, national
New YorkNew York wholesale prices for large white shell eggs delivered to the store door, from USDA's daily New York report. The other regions are in a table on the national benchmark page. 1 New York egg prices
Cage-freeThe cage-free premium: national cage-free minus the conventional benchmark, plus California, where a state mandate makes the market effectively all cage-free. 2 Cage-free egg premium
Egg productsWholesale prices for processed egg: liquid, frozen and dried egg, in cents or dollars per pound. The downstream breaking market shell eggs are sold into, a related pressure indicator around the shell-egg benchmark. 1 US egg products prices: liquid, frozen, dried
InventoryWeekly shell egg inventory by region, in thousands of 30-dozen cases, against its five-year band and its four-week average. Below normal signals a tight, firming market. 1 National egg inventory
Cold storageThe national monthly stock of frozen egg product held in cold storage, in pounds, from USDA NASS. A supply-pipeline read one step downstream of the shell-egg market, reported as neutral context. 1 Frozen egg cold storage: total frozen eggs
HPAI trackerCommercial egg-layer flocks confirmed infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, by detection date, with the affected-bird counts APHIS publishes. The supply shock behind the biggest price moves. 1 HPAI egg-layer tracker
Retail pricesWhat shoppers actually pay at the grocery register: the US average retail price for a dozen large eggs from BLS, the wholesale benchmark beside it on a different basis, and the eggs inflation rate. 1 Egg prices today: the US retail average per dozen
Price historyUS egg prices back to 1950: every year in one table with its measure named, the retail price monthly since 1980, nominal and adjusted for inflation, the largest historical increases, and a downloadable data file. 1 Price of a dozen eggs by year, 1950 to 2026
US productionThe supply side: how many laying hens are in the US, how many eggs they lay each month, the lay rate, and production by state, from USDA NASS. 1 US egg production

Fields every response carries

In latest.json and each series file, headline is the value exactly as the site shows it (with its unit), values / series carry the raw numbers with their dates, and status is current or not_current. A series that is out of season or not recently quoted says so, with last_quoted, rather than passing an old reading off as today's. See an example series.

Use, credit and limits

Free to use and republish with attribution; no key or sign-up. The underlying figures are public records from the agencies named in each series' provenance; The Scramble collects, checks and publishes them.

Attribution: Credit The Scramble (the-scramble.com) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.

No rate limit is set and there is nothing to sign up for: the files are static and served from Cloudflare's network. Please cache responses rather than polling; they change only when the site rebuilds. Fields are only ever added within v1, never renamed or removed. Questions or a series you need: contact us. How each number is collected: methodology.