Real Time Congress API examples.

database_fields.json

// /api/v1/bills.json?apikey=[yourKey]&sections=_id,bill_id
{
  "bills": [
    {
      "_id": "4d288a0ee433b27bc6000006",
      "bill_id": "hr217-112"
    },
    {
      "_id": "4d288a0ee433b27bc6000001",
      "bill_id": "hr212-112"
    }
    // ...
  ]
}

explain.json

{
  "conditions": {
    "state": "pass"
  },
  "explain": {
    "allPlans": [
      {
        "cursor": "BtreeCursor state_1",
        "indexBounds": {
          "state": [
            [
              "pass",
              "pass"
            ]
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "cursor": "BtreeCursor offered_at_1 reverse",
        "indexBounds": {
          "offered_at": [
            [
              {
                "$maxElement": 1
              },
              {
                "$minElement": 1
              }
            ]
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "cursor": "BasicCursor",
        "indexBounds": {
        }
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "BtreeCursor offered_at_1 reverse",
    "oldPlan": {
      "cursor": "BtreeCursor offered_at_1 reverse",
      "indexBounds": {
        "offered_at": [
          [
            {
              "$maxElement": 1
            },
            {
              "$minElement": 1
            }
          ]
        ]
      }
    },
    "n": 20,
    "millis": 0,
    "nscanned": 78,
    "indexBounds": {
      "offered_at": [
        [
          {
            "$maxElement": 1
          },
          {
            "$minElement": 1
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "nscannedObjects": 78
  },
  "order": [
    [
      "offered_at",
      "desc"
    ]
  ],
  "fields": null,
  "page": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20
  },
  "count": 1241
}

jsonp.js

// /api/v1/amendments.json?apikey=[yourKey]&callback=yourCallback
yourCallback({
  "amendments": [
    {
      "amendment_id": "s4921-111",
      // etc. ...
    }
  ]
})

pagination.json

"page": {
  "page": 1,
  "count": 20,
  "per_page": 20
},
"count": 1049