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get_independent_expenditure_support_candidate

Get Independent Expenditures that Support or Oppose a Specific Candidate

#HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/candidates/fec-id/independent_expenditures

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

`cycle`	The election cycle
`FEC_ID`	The FEC-assigned 9-character ID of a committee. To find a committee official FEC ID, use a candidate search request or the FEC web site.
`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.

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves the 200 most recent independent expenditures in support of or opposition to a given candidate.

get_independent_expenditure_support_candidate(2016, FEC_ID ='P00003392')

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

Authors

Aleksander Dietrichson [aut, cre], Joselina Davit [aut]

Initial release