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Congress.gov API daily-congressional-record API

Returns daily Congressional Record data from the API

Congress.gov API daily-congressional-record API is one of 20 APIs that Congress.gov API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include daily-congressional-record. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, a changelog, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /v3.

4 operations 4 paths 7 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3
Base URL
https://api.congress.gov/v3
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Congress.gov API daily-congressional-record API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

daily-congressional-record 4

Returns daily Congressional Record data from the API

GET
/daily-congressional-record
Returns a list of daily congressional record issues sorted by most recent.
3 params → 200400
GET
/daily-congressional-record/{volumeNumber}
Returns a list of daily Congressional Records filtered by the specified volume number.
4 params → 200400
GET
/daily-congressional-record/{volumeNumber}/{issueNumber}
Returns a list of daily Congressional Records filtered by the specified volume number and specified issue number.
5 params → 200400
GET
/daily-congressional-record/{volumeNumber}/{issueNumber}/articles
Returns a list of daily Congressional Record articles filtered by the specified volume number and specified issue number.
5 params → 200400

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are dailyCongressionalRecord (7 properties), sectionArticle (4 properties), fullIssue (3 properties), article (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DailyCongressionalRecordIssue
object
1 property
DailyCongressionalRecord
array
fullIssue
object
3 properties
dailyCongressionalRecord
object
7 properties
article
object
2 properties
sectionArticle
object
4 properties
DailyCongressionalRecordArticles
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

congress-gov-daily-congressional-record-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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