A Python wrapper for the OpenFEC API. Documentation for this API can be found here
Robert Townley's version is the most recently updated (as of 12 Nov 2019) version of this library. It is the code you would get if you did pip install pyopenfec and it's what I would use if I were still doing campaign finance stuff.
- Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/jeremyjbowers/pyopenfec.git
- navigate into the new directory
cd pyopenfec
-
(optional) start the virtual environment you'd like to install to
-
run
python setup.py install
Dependencies include six and requests (will be installed by setup.py)
The Candidate class holds fields for each candidate in the OpenFEC API.
A number of class and instance methods are available.
The Candidate.count() method will return the number of Candidate objects available for a given query. Note: This method returns an integer representing the number of items available in the OpenFEC API. It does not return a list of objects.
from pyopenfec import Candidate
candidate_count = Candidate.count(cycle=2016, office="P", candidate_status="C")
The Candidate.fetch() method will return a list of Candidate objects available for a given query. This method will automatically page through the results and return all objects available in the OpenFEC API.
from pyopenfec import Candidate
candidate_count = Candidate.count(cycle=2016, office="P", candidate_status="C")
candidates = Candidate.fetch(cycle=2016, office="P", candidate_status="C")
for candidate in candidates:
print("{name}, {party}".format(name=candidate.name, party=candidate.party))
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