Library of Congress Bound Congressional Record API

Returns bound Congressional Record data from the API

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Operations 4

GET /bound-congressional-record Returns a list of bound congressional records issues sorted by most recent #

GET /bound-congressional-record/{year} Returns a list of bound congressional records issues sorted by most recent #

GET /bound-congressional-record/{year}/{month} Returns a list of bound congressional records issues sorted by most recent #

GET /bound-congressional-record/{year}/{month}/{day} Returns a list of bound congressional records issues sorted by most recent #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Congress.gov shares its application programming interface (API) with the public to ingest the Congressional data. Sign up for an API key from api.data.gov that you can use to access web services provided by Congress.gov. To learn more, view our GitHub repository.
  title: Congress.gov Bound Congressional Record API
  version: '3'
servers:
- url: /v3
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: bound-congressional-record
  description: Returns bound Congressional Record data from the API
paths:
  /bound-congressional-record:
    get:
      tags:
      - bound-congressional-record
      summary: Returns a list of bound congressional records issues sorted by most recent
      description: Returns a list of bound congressional record issues sorted by most recent.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundCongressionalRecord'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundCongressionalRecord'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
      operationId: getBoundCongressionalRecord
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /bound-congressional-record/{year}:
    get:
      tags:
      - bound-congressional-record
      summary: Returns a list of bound congressional records issues sorted by most recent
      description: Returns a list of bound congressional record issues sorted by most recent.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/year'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundCongressionalRecord'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundCongressionalRecord'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
      operationId: getBoundCongressionalRecordByYear
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /bound-congressional-record/{year}/{month}:
    get:
      tags:
      - bound-congressional-record
      summary: Returns a list of bound congressional records issues sorted by most recent
      description: Returns a list of bound congressional record issues sorted by most recent.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/year'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/month'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundCongressionalRecord'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundCongressionalRecord'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
      operationId: getBoundCongressionalRecordByYearByMonth
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /bound-congressional-record/{year}/{month}/{day}:
    get:
      tags:
      - bound-congressional-record
      summary: Returns a list of bound congressional records issues sorted by most recent
      description: Returns a list of bound congressional record issues sorted by most recent.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/year'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/month'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/day'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundCongressionalRecord'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoundCongressionalRecord'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
      operationId: getBoundCongressionalRecordByYearByMonthByDay
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    BoundCongressionalRecord:
      type: object
      properties:
        boundCongressionalRecord:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/boundCongressionalRecord'
    boundCongressionalRecord:
      type: object
      properties:
        congress:
          type: integer
          example: 101
        date:
          type: string
          example: '1990-05-01'
        sessionNumber:
          type: integer
          example: 2
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2020-10-20'
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bound-congressional-record/1990/5/1?format=json
        volumeNumber:
          type: integer
          example: 136
  parameters:
    format:
      name: format
      in: query
      description: The data format. Value can be xml or json.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        default: xml
        enum:
        - xml
        - json
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: The starting record returned. 0 is the first record.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    day:
      name: day
      in: path
      description: The specified day of the bound Congressional record, for example 18.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: The number of records returned. The maximum limit is 250.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    year:
      name: year
      in: path
      description: The specified year of the bound Congressional record, for example 1990.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    month:
      name: month
      in: path
      description: The specified month of the bound Congressional record, for example 4 for April.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key

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