https://github.com/areed1192/united-states-congress-python-api

A Python API client for the United States Congressional data found GovInfo.com.
https://github.com/areed1192/united-states-congress-python-api

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A Python API client for the United States Congressional data found GovInfo.com.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/areed1192/united-states-congress-python-api
• Owner: areed1192
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-08-13T03:20:38.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-08-13T19:09:25.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-21T22:19:35.245Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: api, api-client, congress, govinfo, python, united-states
• Language: Python
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• Size: 94.7 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Python United Congress API Client

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)

- [Setup](#setup)

- [Usage](#usage)

- [Support These Projects](#support-these-projects)

## Overview

This is a python API client library that is used to collect data from the

United States Congress and a few other departments inside the US Government.

This library will make filtering the requests easier, and give you a nice easy

to use tool to grab vital civic data to be used in a wide range of analysis.

## Setup

To **install** the library, run the following command from the terminal.

```console

pip install united-states-congress-python-api

```

To **upgrade** the library, run the following command from the terminal.

```console

pip install --upgrade united-states-congress-python-api

```

## Usage

Here is a simple example of using the `congress` library to pull the bulk data

sources and grabbing a speicifc year of bulk data for the Privacy Act Issuances.

```python

from pprint import pprint

from congress.client import Congress

# Initialize the Congress Client.

congress_client = Congress()

# Grab the data sources.

data_sources = congress_client.data_sources()

pprint(data_sources)

# Grab the different resources from the Privacy Act Issuance.

pia_2017 = congress_client.privacy_act_issuances(folder='2017')

pprint(pia_2017)

```

## Support These Projects

**Patreon:**

Help support this project and future projects by donating to my [Patreon Page](https://www.patreon.com/sigmacoding). I'm

always looking to add more content for individuals like yourself, unfortuantely some of the APIs I would require me

to pay monthly fees.

**YouTube:**

If you'd like to watch more of my content, feel free to visit my YouTube channel [Sigma Coding](https://www.youtube.com/c/SigmaCoding).