OpenFEC

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) API is a RESTful web service supporting full-text and field-specific searches on FEC data. Bulk downloads are available on the current site. Information is tied to the underlying forms by file ID and image ID. Data are updated nightly.

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OpenFEC API

RESTful web service supporting full-text and field-specific searches on Federal Election Commission data including candidates, committees, and financial data.

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opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: OpenFEC API
  version: '1.0'
request:
  auth:
    type: apikey
    key: api_key
    value: '{{api_key}}'
    placement: query
items:
- info:
    name: List candidates
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidates/
    params:
    - name: per_page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Number of results per page.
    - name: page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Page number to return.
    - name: q
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Full-text search.
    - name: candidate_id
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: cycle
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: office
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: state
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: party
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Fetch basic information about candidates and ability to filter through results.
- info:
    name: Search candidates with principal committees
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidates/search/
    params:
    - name: per_page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Number of results per page.
    - name: page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Page number to return.
    - name: q
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Search candidates with principal committees
- info:
    name: Retrieve a single candidate
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/:candidate_id
    params:
    - name: candidate_id
      value: ''
      type: path
      description: A candidate identifier (e.g., P00000001).
  docs: Retrieve a single candidate
- info:
    name: Candidate financial totals
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/:candidate_id/totals/
    params:
    - name: candidate_id
      value: ''
      type: path
      description: A candidate identifier (e.g., P00000001).
    - name: cycle
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Candidate financial totals
- info:
    name: Committees associated with a candidate
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/:candidate_id/committees/
    params:
    - name: candidate_id
      value: ''
      type: path
      description: A candidate identifier (e.g., P00000001).
  docs: Committees associated with a candidate
- info:
    name: List committees
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/committees/
    params:
    - name: per_page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Number of results per page.
    - name: page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Page number to return.
    - name: q
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: committee_id
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: committee_type
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: cycle
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: List committees
- info:
    name: Retrieve a single committee
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/committee/:committee_id
    params:
    - name: committee_id
      value: ''
      type: path
      description: A committee identifier (e.g., C00000000).
  docs: Retrieve a single committee
- info:
    name: Committee financial totals
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/committee/:committee_id/totals/
    params:
    - name: committee_id
      value: ''
      type: path
      description: A committee identifier (e.g., C00000000).
  docs: Committee financial totals
- info:
    name: List filings
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/filings/
    params:
    - name: per_page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Number of results per page.
    - name: page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Page number to return.
    - name: candidate_id
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: committee_id
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: form_type
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Reports filed with the FEC.
- info:
    name: Itemized individual contributions (Schedule A)
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/schedules/schedule_a/
    params:
    - name: per_page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Number of results per page.
    - name: contributor_name
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: committee_id
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: two_year_transaction_period
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Itemized individual contributions (Schedule A)
- info:
    name: Itemized disbursements (Schedule B)
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/schedules/schedule_b/
    params:
    - name: per_page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Number of results per page.
    - name: committee_id
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: recipient_name
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Itemized disbursements (Schedule B)
- info:
    name: Independent expenditures (Schedule E)
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/schedules/schedule_e/
    params:
    - name: per_page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Number of results per page.
    - name: candidate_id
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Independent expenditures (Schedule E)
- info:
    name: Election summaries by office, cycle, and district
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/elections/
    params:
    - name: per_page
      value: ''
      type: query
      description: Number of results per page.
    - name: cycle
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: office
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: state
      value: ''
      type: query
    - name: district
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Election summaries by office, cycle, and district
- info:
    name: Candidate name typeahead
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/names/candidates/
    params:
    - name: q
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Candidate name typeahead
- info:
    name: Committee name typeahead
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/names/committees/
    params:
    - name: q
      value: ''
      type: query
  docs: Committee name typeahead
bundled: true