Docs
| Congress | Open States |
|---|---|
| https://sunlightlabs.github.io/congress/ | http://sunlightlabs.github.io/openstates-api/ |
| http://tryit.sunlightfoundation.com/congress | http://tryit.sunlightfoundation.com/openstates |
Base URL
| Congress | Open States |
|---|---|
| https://congress.api.sunlightfoundation.com/METHOD | http://openstates.org/api/v1/METHOD |
Methods
| Congress | Open States |
|---|---|
| /legislators | legislators |
| /legislators/locate | ... |
| /districts/locate | ... |
| /committees | /committees |
| /bills | /bills |
| /bills/search | ... |
| /amendments | ... |
| /nominations | ... |
| /votes | ... |
| /floor_updates | ... |
| /hearings | ... |
| /upcoming_bills | ... |
| /congressional_documents/search | ... |
| /documents/search | ... |
| ... | /bills/state/session/bill_id/ |
| ... | /metadata/ |
| ... | /metadata/state/ |
| ... | /legislators/leg_id/ |
| ... | /legislators/geo/?lat=latitude&long=longitude |
| ... | /committees/committee_id/ |
| ... | /events/ |
| ... | /event/event_id/ |
| ... | /districts/state/[chamber/] |
| ... | /districts/boundary/boundary_id/ |
Fields
| Congress | Open States |
|---|---|
| committee_id | id |
| ... | state |
| chamber (upper, lower, joint) | chamber (senate, house, joint) |
| name | committee |
| subcommittee (true/false), and subcommittees (names) | subcommittee (name) |
| parent_committee_id | parent_id |
| parent_committee | ... |
| ... | sources |
| ... | created_at |
| ... | updated_at |
| members (full detail, including district) | members (name, leg_id, role [chair, vice-chair, member]) |
| url | ... |
| office | ... |
| phone | ... |
####Unique to Congress API
- pagination using per_page parameter
"count": 163,
"page": {
"per_page": 50,
"page": 3,
"count": 50
}