Congress.gov API · Example Payload

Congress Gov Member List Example

GovernmentLegislativeCongressBillsAmendmentsMembersTreatiesNominationsCongressional RecordUS Federal

Congress Gov Member List Example is an example object payload from Congress.gov API, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

memberspaginationrequest

Example Payload

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{
  "members": [
    {
      "bioguideId": "A000374",
      "depiction": {
        "attribution": "Image courtesy of the Member",
        "imageUrl": "https://www.congress.gov/img/member/a000374_200.jpg"
      },
      "district": 5,
      "name": "Abraham, Ralph Lee",
      "partyName": "Republican",
      "state": "Louisiana",
      "terms": {
        "item": [
          {
            "chamber": "House of Representatives",
            "endYear": 2021,
            "startYear": 2015
          }
        ]
      },
      "updateDate": "2022-11-29",
      "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/A000374?format=json"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "count": 1,
    "next": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/member?offset=20&limit=20&format=json"
  },
  "request": {
    "contentType": "application/json",
    "format": "json"
  }
}

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