Overview
Summary	Political data lookup
Category	Politics
Tags	politics government
Date Added	2008-07-02
Description	From their site: watchdog.net lets you find out what's going on in politics and make your voice heard about it. We're trying to build a hub for politics on the Internet. Data: there's a lot of great information out there about politics – district demographics, votes, lobbying records, campaign finance reports – but unfortunately it's split across a dozen different web sites and often hidden behind confusing interfaces. We're pulling all of that together and letting you explore it in one elegant, unified interface. (Plus, we're sharing all the results in an API so you can come up with new ways to explore it.)
API Home Page	http://watchdog.net/about/api
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Protocol
Protocols	REST
Data Formats	JSON, RDF/XML, N3
Service Endpoint	http://watchdog.net
Functionality
API Groups	States, Districts, Politicians, zip2rep Queries, zip2dist Queries
Example API Methods	/us/va, /us/va-01, /p/nancy_pelosi, /us/?zip=90210, /us/?address=360+N+Rodeo+Dr&zip=90210
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	HTTP Basic Auth
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	Yes
Support
Vendor API Kits	Utilities directory, Curl example
Community API Kits
API Blog
Site Blog
API Forum
Developer Support
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	None
Developer Key Required	No
Account with Service Required	No
Commercial Licensing
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees	No
Usage Limits	None specified
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