Become an expert in R — Interactive courses, Cheat Sheets, certificates and more!
Get Started for Free

get_committee_filings

Get Committee Filings


Description

HTTP Request GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/fec-id/filings

Usage

get_committee_filings(FEC_ID, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

FEC_ID

The FEC-assigned 9-character ID of a committee.

cycle

The election cycle

page

Results come in batches of 20. The page parameter specifies which one to retrieve.

myAPI_Key

API key from Propublica To use the congress API, you must sign up for an API key.

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 20 most recent FEC filings from the specified committee. Electronic filings are available back to 2001. Paper filings by Senate candidate committees and senatorial party committees go back to 1999.

Examples

get_committee_filings('C00553560', 2016)

ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1
GPL-3 | file LICENSE
Authors
Aleksander Dietrichson [aut, cre], Joselina Davit [aut]
Initial release

We don't support your browser anymore

Please choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.