Library of Congress committee-meeting API

Returns committee meeting data from the API

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Operations 4

GET /committee-meeting Returns a list of committee meetings.

GET /committee-meeting/{congress} Returns a list of committee meetings filtered by the specified congress.

GET /committee-meeting/{congress}/{chamber} Returns a list of committee meetings filtered by the specified congress and chamber.

GET /committee-meeting/{congress}/{chamber}/{eventId} Returns detailed information for a specified committee meeting.

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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. <a href="sign-up/" target="_blank">Sign up for an API key</a> from api.data.gov that you can use to access web services provided by Congress.gov. To learn more, view our <a href="https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/api.congress.gov/" target="_blank">GitHub repository</a>.

    '
  title: Congress.gov amendments Committee Meeting API
  version: '3'
servers:
- url: /v3
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: committee-meeting
  description: Returns committee meeting data from the API
paths:
  /committee-meeting:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-meeting
      summary: Returns a list of committee meetings.
      description: Returns a list of committee meetings.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fromDateTime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/toDateTime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeMeeting'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeMeeting'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /committee-meeting/{congress}:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-meeting
      summary: Returns a list of committee meetings filtered by the specified congress.
      description: Returns a list of committee meetings filtered by the specified congress.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fromDateTime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/toDateTime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeMeeting'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeMeeting'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /committee-meeting/{congress}/{chamber}:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-meeting
      summary: Returns a list of committee meetings filtered by the specified congress and chamber.
      description: Returns a list of committee meetings filtered by the specified congress and chamber.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/chamber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fromDateTime'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/toDateTime'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeMeeting'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeMeeting'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /committee-meeting/{congress}/{chamber}/{eventId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - committee-meeting
      summary: Returns detailed information for a specified committee meeting.
      description: Returns detailed information for a specified committee meeting.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/chamber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/eventId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeMeetingDetail'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommitteeMeetingDetail'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
components:
  parameters:
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: The number of records returned. The maximum limit is 250.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    toDateTime:
      name: toDateTime
      in: query
      description: 'The ending timestamp to filter by update date. Use format: YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z.'
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    eventId:
      name: eventId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The event identifier. For example, the value can be 115538.
      schema:
        type: string
    congress:
      name: congress
      in: path
      description: The congress number. For example, can be 117.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int32
    chamber:
      name: chamber
      in: path
      description: The chamber name. Value can be house, senate, or joint.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - house
        - senate
        - joint
    fromDateTime:
      name: fromDateTime
      in: query
      description: 'The starting timestamp to filter by update date. Use format: YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z.'
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: The starting record returned. 0 is the first record.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    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
  schemas:
    CommitteeMeetingDetail:
      type: object
      properties:
        chamber:
          type: string
          example: House
        committees:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/subcommittees'
        congress:
          type: integer
          example: 117
        date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2022-08-01T04:44:57Z'
        eventid:
          type: string
          example: '115538'
        hearingTranscript:
          type: array
        location:
          type: object
          properties:
            building:
              type: string
              example: Longworth House Office Building
            room:
              type: string
              example: '1234'
        meetingDocuments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/meetingdocument'
        meetingStatus:
          type: string
          example: Scheduled
        relatedItems:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/relatedItem'
        title:
          type: string
          example: "Legislative hearing on: •\tH.R. 1246 (Rep. Hageman), To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian tribes; and\n•\tH.R. 1532 (Rep. Hageman), To authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property to which that Indian Tribe holds fee title without the consent of the Federal Government, and for other purposes."
        type:
          type: string
          example: Hearing
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2022-08-01T04:44:57Z'
        videos:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/video'
        witnessDocuments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/witnessDocument'
        witnesses:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/witness'
    video:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          example: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1246 and H.R. 1532 | Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-Congress/house-event/115538
    committeeMeetings:
      type: object
      properties:
        chamber:
          type: string
          example: House
        congress:
          type: integer
          example: 117
        eventid:
          type: string
          example: '115522'
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2022-08-01 21:19:33+00:00'
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-meeting/118/house/115522?format=json
    witness:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          example: The Honorable John Williams
        organization:
          type: string
          example: United Auburn Rancheria
        position:
          type: string
          example: Vice Chairman
    meetingdocument:
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          type: string
          example: ''
        documentType:
          type: string
          example: 'Support Document '
        format:
          type: string
          example: PDF
        name:
          type: string
          example: Hearing Notice
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115538/documents/HHRG-118-II24-20230324-SD001.pdf
    subcommittees:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          example: Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee
        systemCode:
          type: string
          example: hspw01
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee/house/hspw01?format=json
    CommitteeMeeting:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/committeeMeetings'
    relatedItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        bills:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/associatedBill'
        nominations:
          type: array
        treaties:
          type: array
    associatedBill:
      type: object
      properties:
        congress:
          type: integer
          example: 116
        number:
          type: string
          example: '6395'
        type:
          type: string
          example: HR
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6395?format=json
    witnessDocument:
      type: object
      properties:
        documentType:
          type: string
          example: Witness Statement
        format:
          type: string
          example: PDF
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115538/witnesses/HHRG-118-II24-Wstate-NewlandB-20230324.pdf
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key

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