| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Summary | U.S. political data lookup |
| Category | Politics |
| Tags | politics government |
| Date Added | 2008-07-13 |
| Description | The Project Vote Smart API lets developers query against a broad range of data that Project Vote Smart maintains - candidate information, election districts, ballot initiatives, votes, committees, officials, and more. Results are returned in XML or JSON format. |
| API Home Page | http://api.votesmart.org/docs/index.html |
| Most Popular Project Vote Smart Mashups | |
| No mashups registered yet | |
| Protocol | |
| Protocols | REST |
| Data Formats | XML, JSON |
| Service Endpoint | http://api.votesmart.org |
| Functionality | |
| API Groups | Address, Ballot Measure, CandidateBio, District, Election, Leadership, Local, Office, State, Votes |
| Example API Methods | http://api.votesmart.org/Votes.getCategories?year=2007, Votes.getBill |
| Client Install Required | No |
| Security | |
| Authentication Model | HTTP Basic Auth |
| SSL Support | No |
| Read-only Without Login | No |
| Support | |
| Vendor API Kits | PHP scripts, PHP libraries, Python sample code |
| Community API Kits | |
| API Blog | |
| Site Blog | |
| API Forum | |
| Developer Support | Dev user mailing list available, Support email address provided |
| Signup and Licensing | |
| Signup Requirements | None |
| Developer Key Required | No |
| Account with Service Required | No |
| Commercial Licensing | |
| Non-Commercial Licensing | |
| Data Licensing | |
| Usage Fees | None |
| Usage Limits | None specified |
| Terms of Service | API Terms of use |
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