Congress.gov API · Schema

hearing

GovernmentLegislativeCongressBillsAmendmentsMembersTreatiesNominationsCongressional RecordUS Federal

Properties

Name Type Description
chamber string
congress integer
jacketNumber integer
updateDate string
url string
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JSON Schema

congress-gov-hearing-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://api.congress.gov/schemas/hearing",
  "title": "hearing",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "chamber": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "House"
    },
    "congress": {
      "type": "integer",
      "example": 117
    },
    "jacketNumber": {
      "type": "integer",
      "example": 48144
    },
    "updateDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "example": "2022-08-01 21:19:33+00:00"
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "url",
      "example": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/hearing/117/house/41365?format=json"
    }
  }
}

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