NationBuilder Ballots API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NationBuilder V2 Ballots API
  version: '2.0'
  description: 'The NationBuilder V2 API is a JSON:API-compliant API for managing NationBuilder

    resources such as people, donations, events, and lists.'
servers:
- url: https://{subdomain}.nationbuilder.com
  variables:
    subdomain:
      default: yournation
      description: Your NationBuilder nation slug
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Ballots
  x-tag-expanded: false
  description: Ballots are a record of an election and how a person voted for said election. Each ballot is associated with a voter and an election and contains information such as when the ballot was cast, the party, and vote method. Further information about vote history and ballots available here.
paths:
  /api/v2/ballots:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ballot_index_include'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ballot_sparse_fields'
    post:
      summary: Create a ballot
      tags:
      - Ballots
      description: Creates a ballot from given data
      operationId: createBallot
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The newly created ballot.
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_show_response'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/bad_request'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unprocessable'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/rate_limited'
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/ballot_create_request_body'
    get:
      summary: List all ballots in a nation
      tags:
      - Ballots
      description: Lists all ballots
      operationId: listBallots
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pagination_number'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pagination_size'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of matching ballots.
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_index_response'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/rate_limited'
  /api/v2/ballots/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ballot_show_include'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ballot_sparse_fields'
    get:
      summary: Show ballot with provided ID
      tags:
      - Ballots
      description: Returns the JSON:API resource object for a single ballot.
      operationId: showBallot
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested ballot.
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_show_response'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/not_found'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/rate_limited'
    patch:
      summary: Update an existing ballot
      tags:
      - Ballots
      description: Updates an existing ballot
      operationId: updateBallot
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated ballot.
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_show_response'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/bad_request'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/not_found'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unprocessable'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/rate_limited'
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/ballot_update_request_body'
    delete:
      summary: Delete ballot with provided ID
      tags:
      - Ballots
      description: Permanently removes the ballot that matches the given ID.
      operationId: deleteBallot
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Confirmation that the ballot was deleted.
          headers:
            RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
            RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
            RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/delete_document'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/not_found'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/rate_limited'
components:
  schemas:
    index_document:
      description: The JSON:API top-level document shape for paginated collection responses, with resource objects under data and pagination links.
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          description: The page of resource objects for this collection; each resource binds its concrete item schema here via allOf composition.
        links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/pagination_links'
        included:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/included'
        meta:
          type: object
          description: Non-standard information about the document, such as requested statistics. Empty unless the endpoint has metadata to convey.
    ballot_index_response:
      description: A paginated JSON:API response containing a list of ballots.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/index_document'
      - type: object
        properties:
          data:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_response_data'
    validation_error_document:
      description: The JSON:API errors document returned with status 422 when model validations fail on create or update. Unlike this API's flat 4xx error bodies, validation failures follow the JSON:API errors format.
      type: object
      required:
      - errors
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/validation_error'
    ballot_response_data:
      description: The JSON:API resource object representing a ballot.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/resource_identifier'
      - type: object
        properties:
          type:
            const: ballots
            examples:
            - ballots
          attributes:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_read_write_attributes'
    ballot_read_write_attributes:
      description: The attributes of a ballot that can be both read and written.
      type: object
      properties:
        cast_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date
          examples:
          - '2022-03-25'
          description: When the ballot was cast.
        election_id:
          type: string
          examples:
          - '1'
          description: The election associated with this ballot.
        party:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          examples:
          - green
          description: Political party.
        vote_method:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          enum:
          - voted
          - absentee
          - early
          - null
          examples:
          - absentee
          description: One word description of the vote method.
        voter_id:
          type: string
          examples:
          - '1'
          description: The voter belonging to the ballot.
    resource_identifier:
      description: A JSON:API resource identifier object, the type/id pair that uniquely identifies a single resource.
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - id
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier of the resource.
          examples:
          - '1'
        type:
          type: string
          description: The JSON:API resource type.
    delete_document:
      examples:
      - meta: {}
      description: The successful destroy response, an empty JSON:API meta-only document returned with status 200 (rather than JSON:API's commonly used 204 No Content).
      type: object
      required:
      - meta
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        meta:
          examples:
          - {}
          type: object
          properties: {}
    error_response:
      description: The error body returned for 4xx and 5xx responses, with a machine-readable code and a human-readable message. Some errors include additional detail members alongside these two. The exception is 422 validation failures, which are returned as JSON:API errors documents instead.
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code identifying the failure.
          examples:
          - not_found
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation of the failure.
          examples:
          - Record not found
    ballot_sideload_values:
      description: Relationship names that can be sideloaded with the include query parameter on ballot endpoints.
      type: string
      enum:
      - election
      - voter
    pagination_links:
      description: JSON:API pagination links for the pages of a collection. A key whose page is unavailable, or that the server's pagination strategy does not provide, is omitted or null.
      type: object
      properties:
        self:
          type: string
          description: Link to the current page.
          examples:
          - /articles?page[number]=2
        first:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Link to the first page.
          examples:
          - /articles?page[number]=1
        last:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Link to the last page.
          examples:
          - /articles?page[number]=5
        prev:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Link to the previous page.
          examples:
          - /articles?page[number]=1
        next:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Link to the next page.
          examples:
          - /articles?page[number]=3
    rate_limited_response:
      description: The body returned by the rate limiter when an access token exceeds its request quota.
      type: object
      required:
      - message
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation of the rate limit.
          examples:
          - You have made too many requests. Please try again later.
    update_request_document:
      description: The JSON:API top-level document shape for update requests, whose data member identifies the resource by type and id and carries the changed attributes.
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          required:
          - type
          - id
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The ID of the resource being updated.
            type:
              type: string
              description: The JSON:API resource type of the resource being updated.
    ballot_create_request:
      description: The request body for creating a new ballot.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/create_request_document'
      - type: object
        properties:
          data:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                const: ballots
                examples:
                - ballots
              attributes:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_read_write_attributes'
    included:
      description: Sideloaded resources requested via the include query parameter. Each entry is a full resource object whose shape is documented under its own resource type.
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/resource'
    show_document:
      description: The JSON:API top-level document shape for responses returning a single resource under the data member.
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          description: The primary resource object; each resource binds its concrete schema here via allOf composition.
        included:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/included'
        meta:
          type: object
          description: Non-standard information about the document. Empty unless the endpoint has metadata to convey.
    ballot_field_values:
      description: Readable ballot attribute names selectable with sparse fieldsets (fields[ballots]).
      type: string
      enum:
      - cast_at
      - election_id
      - party
      - vote_method
      - voter_id
    resource:
      description: A generic JSON:API resource object. Resources sideloaded in a document's included member use this shape; their attributes are those of the resource type named in the type member.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/resource_identifier'
      - type: object
        properties:
          attributes:
            type: object
            description: The attributes of the resource, as documented for its resource type.
          relationships:
            type: object
            description: References from this resource to other resources in the document.
    ballot_update_request:
      description: The request body for updating an existing ballot.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/update_request_document'
      - type: object
        properties:
          data:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                examples:
                - '1'
              type:
                const: ballots
                examples:
                - ballots
              attributes:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_read_write_attributes'
    ballot_show_response:
      description: A JSON:API response containing a single ballot.
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/show_document'
      - type: object
        properties:
          data:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_response_data'
    create_request_document:
      description: The JSON:API top-level document shape for create requests, whose data member carries the new resource's type and attributes.
      type: object
      required:
      - data
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          required:
          - type
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              description: The JSON:API resource type of the resource being created.
    validation_error:
      description: A single JSON:API error object describing a validation failure, locating the invalid field via source.pointer and carrying the model-level attribute, message, and code under meta.
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code.
          examples:
          - unprocessable_entity
        status:
          type: string
          description: The HTTP status code, as a string.
          examples:
          - '422'
        title:
          type: string
          description: Short human-readable summary of the error type.
          examples:
          - Validation Error
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation specific to this failure.
          examples:
          - Email 'not-an-email' should look like an email address
        source:
          type: object
          properties:
            pointer:
              type: string
              description: JSON Pointer to the request document member the error relates to.
              examples:
              - /data/attributes/email
        meta:
          type: object
          description: The underlying model validation error, including the attribute name, message, and code. Errors on sideposted resources nest these members under a relationship key.
          properties:
            attribute:
              type: string
              description: The attribute that failed validation.
            message:
              type: string
              description: The validation failure message.
            code:
              type: string
              description: The validation failure code.
  headers:
    RateLimit-Reset:
      description: Unix timestamp (in seconds) at which the current rate-limit window resets.
      schema:
        type: string
        examples:
        - '1719964810'
      examples: {}
    RateLimit-Limit:
      description: Maximum number of requests allowed for the current access token per rate-limit window (10 seconds).
      schema:
        type: string
        examples:
        - '250'
      examples: {}
    RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: Number of requests remaining for the current access token in the current rate-limit window.
      schema:
        type: string
        examples:
        - '249'
      examples: {}
    Retry-After:
      description: Number of seconds to wait before retrying. Sent with 429 responses.
      schema:
        type: string
        examples:
        - '10'
      examples: {}
  responses:
    not_found:
      description: No resource exists with the provided ID.
      headers:
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            code: not_found
            message: Record not found
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error_response'
    unauthorized:
      description: The access token is missing, expired, or not authorized to access this resource.
      headers:
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            code: unauthorized
            message: You are not authorized to access this content. Your access token may be missing. The resource owner also may not have a permission level sufficient to grant access.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error_response'
    rate_limited:
      description: The access token has exceeded its request quota for the current rate-limit window.
      headers:
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            message: You have made too many requests. Please try again later.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/rate_limited_response'
    bad_request:
      description: The request body or query parameters are invalid, such as an unknown attribute, filter, filter operator, sort field, or sideload.
      headers:
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/json:
          example:
            code: bad_request
            message: Tried to filter on attribute :bogus, but could not find an attribute with that name.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error_response'
    unprocessable:
      description: Model validations failed for the resource being created or updated. Unlike this API's other errors, validation failures are returned as a JSON:API errors document locating each invalid field.
      headers:
        RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Limit'
        RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Remaining'
        RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Reset'
      content:
        application/vnd.api+json:
          example:
            errors:
            - code: unprocessable_entity
              status: '422'
              title: Validation Error
              detail: Email 'not-an-email' should look like an email address
              source:
                pointer: /data/attributes/email
              meta:
                attribute: email
                message: '''not-an-email'' should look like an email address'
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/validation_error_document'
  parameters:
    ballot_index_include:
      name: include
      in: query
      description: 'Comma-delimited list of sideloaded resources to include as part of the ballot index response.

        See guidance [here](https://support.nationbuilder.com/en/articles/9899245-api-v2-walkthrough#h_2d5333adab) about

        sideloading large numbers of resources and pagination.

        '
      schema:
        type: array
        default: []
        uniqueItems: true
        items:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_sideload_values'
      required: false
      style: form
      explode: false
    ballot_sparse_fields:
      name: fields[ballots]
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Comma-delimited list of ballot attributes to only return in the response
      schema:
        type: array
        default: []
        uniqueItems: true
        items:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_field_values'
      style: form
      explode: false
    pagination_number:
      name: page[number]
      description: Page number to list (starting at 1)
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        default: '1'
    ballot_show_include:
      name: include
      in: query
      description: 'Comma-delimited list of sideloaded resources to include as part of the ballot response.

        See guidance [here](https://support.nationbuilder.com/en/articles/9899245-api-v2-walkthrough#h_2d5333adab) about

        sideloading large numbers of resources and pagination.

        '
      schema:
        type: array
        default: []
        uniqueItems: true
        items:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_sideload_values'
      required: false
      style: form
      explode: false
    pagination_size:
      name: page[size]
      description: 'Number of results to display per page (default: 20, max: 100, min: 1)'
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        default: '20'
    id:
      name: id
      in: path
      description: id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  requestBodies:
    ballot_update_request_body:
      description: The attributes to update on the existing ballot.
      content:
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_update_request'
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_update_request'
    ballot_create_request_body:
      description: The ballot to create.
      content:
        application/vnd.api+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_create_request'
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ballot_create_request'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      description: Authentication using a bearer token (JWT) issued via OAuth.
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
externalDocs:
  description: Get started with the NationBuilder API
  url: https://nationbuilder.com/api_quickstart