A Python client for the ProPublica Congress API
Project description
A Python client for the ProPublica Congress API
Install
From PyPI:
pip install python-congress
Download and run the install script:
git clone https://github.com/eyeseast/propublica-congress && cd propublica-congress python setup.py install
Usage
>>> from congress import Congress >>> congress = Congress(API_KEY) # get member by bioguide ID >>> pelosi = congress.members.get('P000197') >>> pelosi['twitter_id'] 'NancyPelosi' # get recent House bills # recent bills come in two types: 'introduced' and 'updated' >>> introd = congress.bills.recent(chamber='house', congress=111, type='introduced') >>> len(introd['bills']) 20 >>> introd['chamber'] 'House' # or use a convenience function >>> introd = congress.bills.introduced('house') >>> introd['chamber'] 'House' >>> len(introd['bills']) 20
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