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The Open State Project is an initiative of the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit organization working towards greater government openness and transparency. The Open States API provides a RESTful interface for accessing state legislative information including general state metadata and data on bills, legislators, committees and events.

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Open States: Highlights

Summary: State legislative information

Category: Government

Tags: government politics

Protocols: REST

Data Formats: JSON

API home: http://openstates.org/api/

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Open States: Specifications

Functionality

Client Install Required

Service Endpoint: http://openstates.org/api/v1/

Signup and Licensing

Signup Requirements

Developer Key Required: Yes

Account Required: No

Commercial Licensing

Provider: sunlightfoundation.com/

Company: Sunlight Labs

Non-Commercial Lic.

Data Licensing

Usage Fees

Program Fees

Certification Program

Usage Limits

Terms of Service: sunlightfoundation.com/legal/terms/

Security

Authentication Model: API Key

SSL Support

Read-only Without Login

Support

Vendor API Kits: Python, Ruby

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API Blog

Site Blog: sunlightfoundation.com/blog/

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Console URL

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