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Congress.gov API house-vote API

[BETA] Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API

Congress.gov API house-vote 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 house-vote. 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 5 operations across 5 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.

5 operations 5 paths 7 schemas 5 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 house-vote 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 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

house-vote 5

[BETA] Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API

GET
/house-vote
Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API. This endpoint is currently in beta.
3 params → 200400
GET
/house-vote/{congress}
Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API filtered by the specified Congress. This endpoint is currently in beta.
4 params → 200400
GET
/house-vote/{congress}/{session}
Returns House of Representatives roll call vote data from the API filtered by the specified Congress and session. This endpoint is currently in beta.
5 params → 200400
GET
/house-vote/{congress}/{session}/{voteNumber}
Returns detailed information for a specified House of Representatives roll call vote. This endpoint is currently in beta.
6 params → 200400
GET
/house-vote/{congress}/{session}/{voteNumber}/members
Returns detailed information for how members voted on a specified House of Representatives roll call vote. This endpoint is currently in beta.
6 params → 200400

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are HouseVote (13 properties), HouseVoteNumberBase (12 properties), voteParty (6 properties), houseVoteResults (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

HouseVoteMembers
HouseVote
object
13 properties
party
object
2 properties
HouseVoteNumberBase
object
12 properties
HouseVoteNumber
houseVoteResults
object
6 properties
voteParty
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

congress-gov-house-vote-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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