get_candidate

Get Candidate Info
https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis
GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/fec-id

Provides wrapper functions to access the ProPublica's Congress and Campaign Finance APIs.
The Congress API provides near real-time access to legislative data from the House of
Representatives, the Senate and the Library of Congress.
The Campaign Finance API provides data from United States Federal Election Commission
filings and other sources. The API covers summary information for candidates and
committees, as well as certain types of itemized data.
For more information about these APIs go to: <https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis>.

Aleksander Dietrichson

ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Joselina Davit

get_candidate function

<dl><dt>FEC_ID</dt>
<dd>The FEC-assigned 9-character ID of a candidate.</dd>
<dt>cycle</dt>
<dd>The election cycle must be even-numbered year between 1996 and 2018</dd>
<dt>page</dt>
<dd>Results come in batches of 20. The page parameter specifies which one to retrieve.</dd>
<dt>myAPI_Key</dt>
<dd>API key from Propublica To use the congress API, you must sign up for an API key.</dd></dl>

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Get Candidate Info
https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis
GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/fec-id — get_candidate

<dl>

<dt>FEC_ID</dt>
<dd>The FEC-assigned 9-character ID of a candidate.</dd>


<dt>cycle</dt>
<dd>The election cycle must be even-numbered year between 1996 and 2018</dd>


<dt>page</dt>
<dd>Results come in batches of 20. The page parameter specifies which one to retrieve.</dd>


<dt>myAPI_Key</dt>
<dd>API key from Propublica To use the congress API, you must sign up for an API key.</dd>

</dl>

get_candidate: Get Candidate Info https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/fec-id

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