Library of Congress

Library of Congress daily-congressional-record API

Returns daily Congressional Record data from the API

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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>.

    '
  title: Congress.gov amendments daily-congressional-record API
  version: '3'
servers:
- url: /v3
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: daily-congressional-record
  description: Returns daily Congressional Record data from the API
paths:
  /daily-congressional-record:
    get:
      tags:
      - daily-congressional-record
      summary: Returns a list of daily congressional record issues sorted by most recent.
      description: Returns a list of daily 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/DailyCongressionalRecord'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DailyCongressionalRecord'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /daily-congressional-record/{volumeNumber}:
    get:
      tags:
      - daily-congressional-record
      summary: Returns a list of daily Congressional Records filtered by the specified volume number.
      description: Returns a list of daily Congressional Records filtered by the specified volume number.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/volumeNumber'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DailyCongressionalRecord'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DailyCongressionalRecord'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /daily-congressional-record/{volumeNumber}/{issueNumber}:
    get:
      tags:
      - daily-congressional-record
      summary: Returns a list of daily Congressional Records filtered by the specified volume number and specified issue number.
      description: Returns a list of daily Congressional Records filtered by the specified volume number and specified issue number.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/volumeNumber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/issueNumber'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DailyCongressionalRecordIssue'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DailyCongressionalRecordIssue'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
  /daily-congressional-record/{volumeNumber}/{issueNumber}/articles:
    get:
      tags:
      - daily-congressional-record
      summary: Returns a list of daily Congressional Record articles filtered by the specified volume number and specified issue number.
      description: Returns a list of daily Congressional Record articles filtered by the specified volume number and specified issue number.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/volumeNumber'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/issueNumber'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DailyCongressionalRecordArticles'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DailyCongressionalRecordArticles'
        '400':
          description: Invalid status value
components:
  schemas:
    fullIssue:
      type: object
      properties:
        articles:
          type: object
          properties:
            count:
              type: integer
              example: 315
            url:
              type: string
              format: url
              example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/daily-congressional-record/171/1/articles?format=json
        entireIssue:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              part:
                type: string
                example: '1'
              type:
                type: string
                example: PDF
              url:
                type: string
                format: url
                example: https://www.congress.gov/119/crec/2025/01/03/171/1/CREC-2025-01-03-v171.pdf
        sections:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              endPage:
                type: string
                example: D12
              name:
                type: string
                example: Daily Digest
              startPage:
                type: string
                example: D1
              text:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    type:
                      type: string
                      example: Formatted Text
                    url:
                      type: string
                      format: url
                      example: https://www.congress.gov/119/crec/2025/01/03/d03ja5-1.htm
    sectionArticle:
      type: object
      properties:
        endPage:
          type: string
          example: D760
        startPage:
          type: string
          example: D759
        text:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
                example: Formatted Text
              url:
                type: string
                format: url
                example: https://www.congress.gov/116/crec/2020/09/04/modified/CREC-2020-09-04-pt1-PgD759.htm
        title:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 153
    article:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          example: Daily Digest
        sectionArticles:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/sectionArticle'
    DailyCongressionalRecordIssue:
      type: object
      properties:
        issue:
          type: object
          properties:
            congress:
              type: integer
              example: 119
            fullIssue:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/fullIssue'
            issueDate:
              type: string
              format: date-time
              example: '2025-01-03T05:00:00Z'
            issueNumber:
              type: string
              example: '1'
            sessionNumber:
              type: integer
              example: 1
            updateDate:
              type: string
              format: date-time
              example: '2025-01-04T16:59:21Z'
            url:
              type: string
              format: url
              example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/daily-congressional-record/171/1?format=json
            volumeNumber:
              type: integer
              example: 171
    DailyCongressionalRecordArticles:
      type: object
      properties:
        articles:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/article'
    dailyCongressionalRecord:
      type: object
      properties:
        congress:
          type: string
          example: '118'
        issueDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2023-07-11T04:00:00Z'
        issueNumber:
          type: string
          example: '118'
        sessionNumber:
          type: string
          example: '1'
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2023-07-12T11:30:30Z'
        url:
          type: string
          format: url
          example: https://api.congress.gov/v3/daily-congressional-record/169/118?format=json
        volumeNumber:
          type: string
          example: '169'
    DailyCongressionalRecord:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/dailyCongressionalRecord'
  parameters:
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: The starting record returned. 0 is the first record.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
    volumeNumber:
      name: volumeNumber
      in: path
      description: The specified volume of the daily Congressional record, for example 166.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    issueNumber:
      name: issueNumber
      in: path
      description: The specified issue of the daily Congressional record, for example 153.
      required: true
      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
    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

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