Library of Congress

Library of Congress Committees API

The Committees API from Library of Congress — 1 operation(s) for committees.

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https://www.loc.gov/apis/json-and-yaml/
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https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
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https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov/

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OpenAPI Specification

library-of-congress-committees-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Library of Congress Chronicling America Bills Committees API
  description: The Chronicling America API exposes historic American newspapers digitized through the National Digital Newspaper Program, providing search and metadata access to newspaper pages, issues, and titles.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Library of Congress
    url: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/about/api/
servers:
- url: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  description: Production
tags:
- name: Committees
paths:
  /committee:
    get:
      operationId: listCommittees
      summary: List Committees
      tags:
      - Committees
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Committees list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeList'
components:
  parameters:
    Format:
      name: format
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - xml
        default: json
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 20
        maximum: 250
    Offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
  schemas:
    CommitteeList:
      type: object
      properties:
        committees:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              chamber:
                type: string
              systemCode:
                type: string
              url:
                type: string
                format: uri
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        next:
          type: string
        prev:
          type: string