http://services.sunlightlabs.com/docs/Sunlight_Congress_API/

SunlightFoundation.py

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# Documentation for python-sunlight: 
# http://python-sunlight.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
# 
# Command line to install python-sunlight: 
# (Note need 'sudo' because that lets you run as admin to do install!)
# sudo pip install sunlight
# 
# Command Line: python SunlightFoundation.py
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# Import libraries
import sys
import os
import json
import math
import simplejson
import sunlight
from sunlight import congress
import requests
import pprint


# Global variables
sunlight.config.API_KEY = # Enter your API key here


# Search for who says annoying phrases the most
print "Enter a Washington jargon phrase and I'll tell you the top ten legislators who say it the most:"
jargon = raw_input()
searchRequest = 'http://capitolwords.org/api/1/phrases/legislator.json?phrase=%(phrase)s&sort=count&per_page=10&apikey=%(key)s' % {'phrase' : jargon, 'key' : sunlight.config.API_KEY}
topJargoners = requests.get(searchRequest)
jsonResponseJargoners = json.loads(topJargoners.text)


# Loop through the BIO_IDs and print out these top ten REAL_NAMES
for results in listOfResults:
		bioKey = results[u'legislator']
		lookupRequest = 'http://congress.api.sunlightfoundation.com/legislators?bioguide_id=%(bioID)s&apikey=%(key)s' % {'bioID' : bioKey, 'key' : sunlight.config.API_KEY}
		legislatorInfo = requests.get(lookupRequest)
		jsonResponseRealNames = json.loads(legislatorInfo.text)
		if jsonResponseRealNames[u'results']: 
			firstName = jsonResponseRealNames[u'results'][0][u'first_name']
			lastName = jsonResponseRealNames[u'results'][0][u'last_name']
			print bioKey+": "+lastName+", "+firstName
		else: 
			print bioKey+": Name not found"


# Another way... 
# pelosi = congress.legislators(lastname='Pelosi')[0]
# representative = congress.legislators(bioguide_id='S001141')
# pprint.pprint(representative)

 
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# import pdb
# pdb.set_trace()
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