Library of Congress congress API

openapi: 3.0.3
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>.

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  title: .gov amendments congress API
  version: '3'
servers:
- url: /v3
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: congress
  description: Returns congress and congressional sessions data from the API
paths:
  /congress:
    get:
      tags:
      - congress
      summary: Returns a list of congresses and congressional sessions.
      description: Returns a list of congresses and congressional sessions.
      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/Congresses'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Congresses'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /congress/{congress}:
    get:
      tags:
      - congress
      summary: Returns a list of congresses and congressional sessions.
      description: Returns a list of congresses and congressional sessions.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/congress'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Congresses'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Congresses'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /congress/current:
    get:
      tags:
      - congress
      summary: Returns a list of congresses and congressional sessions.
      description: Returns a list of congresses and congressional sessions.
      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/Congresses'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Congresses'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
components:
  schemas:
    Congresses:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Congress'
    Sessions:
      type: object
      properties:
        chamber:
          type: string
          example: House of Representatives
        number:
          type: integer
          example: 1
        startDate:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2019-01-01'
        endDate:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2020-01-01'
    Congress:
      type: object
      properties:
        endYear:
          type: string
          example: '2022'
        name:
          type: string
          example: 117th Congress
        sessions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Sessions'
        startYear:
          type: string
          example: '2021'
  parameters:
    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
    congress:
      name: congress
      in: path
      description: The congress number. For example, can be 117.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int32
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: The number of records returned. The maximum limit is 250.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key