govtrack v0.6.0 Govtrack
Wrapper for the Govtrack.us API that provides programmatic access to information about the U.S. Congress
Summary
Functions
Get information about a specific bill
Example
Govtrack.bill(12700)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_bill
Get a list of all bills
Example
Govtrack.bills
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_bill
Get information about a specific committee
Example
Govtrack.committee(2650)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_committee
Get information about a specific committee member
Example
Govtrack.committee_member(207975)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_committee_member
Get a list of all committee members
Example
Govtrack.committee_members
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_committee_member
Get a list of all committees
Example
Govtrack.committees
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_committee
Get information about a specific cosponsorship
Example
Govtrack.cosponsorship(3291427)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_cosponsorship
Get a list of all cosponsorships
Example
Govtrack.cosponsorships
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_cosponsorship
Issues a DELETE request to the given url
Issues a DELETE request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure
Issues a GET request to the given url
Issues a GET request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure
Issues a HEAD request to the given url
Issues a HEAD request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure
Issues an OPTIONS request to the given url
Issues a OPTIONS request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure
Issues a PATCH request to the given url
Issues a PATCH request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure
Get information about a specific person in U.S. Congress
Example
Govtrack.person(400629)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_person
Get a list of all persons in U.S. Congress
Example
Govtrack.persons
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_person
Issues a POST request to the given url
Issues a POST request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure
Issues a PUT request to the given url
Issues a PUT request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure
Issues an HTTP request with the given method to the given url
Issues an HTTP request with the given method to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure
Get information about a specific role
Example
Govtrack.role(42929)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_role
Get a list of all roles
Example
Govtrack.roles
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_role
Starts HTTPoison and its dependencies
Get information about a specific vote
Example
Govtrack.vote(13969)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_vote
Get information about how a specific voter voted on a roll call vote
Example
Govtrack.vote_voter(31425718)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_vote_voter
Get a list of all voters in all roll call votes
Example
Govtrack.vote_voter(31425718)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_vote_voter
Get a list of all votes
Example
Govtrack.votes
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_vote
Types
Functions
Get information about a specific bill
Example
Govtrack.bill(12700)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_bill
Get a list of all bills
Example
Govtrack.bills
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_bill
Get information about a specific committee
Example
Govtrack.committee(2650)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_committee
Get information about a specific committee member
Example
Govtrack.committee_member(207975)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_committee_member
Get a list of all committee members
Example
Govtrack.committee_members
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_committee_member
Get a list of all committees
Example
Govtrack.committees
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_committee
Get information about a specific cosponsorship
Example
Govtrack.cosponsorship(3291427)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_cosponsorship
Get a list of all cosponsorships
Example
Govtrack.cosponsorships
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_cosponsorship
Specs
Issues a DELETE request to the given url.
Returns {:ok, response}
if the request is successful, {:error, reason}
otherwise.
See request/5
for more detailed information.
Issues a DELETE request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure.
If the request does not fail, the response is returned.
See request!/5
for more detailed information.
Specs
Issues a GET request to the given url.
Returns {:ok, response}
if the request is successful, {:error, reason}
otherwise.
See request/5
for more detailed information.
Issues a GET request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure.
If the request does not fail, the response is returned.
See request!/5
for more detailed information.
Specs
Issues a HEAD request to the given url.
Returns {:ok, response}
if the request is successful, {:error, reason}
otherwise.
See request/5
for more detailed information.
Issues a HEAD request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure.
If the request does not fail, the response is returned.
See request!/5
for more detailed information.
Specs
Issues an OPTIONS request to the given url.
Returns {:ok, response}
if the request is successful, {:error, reason}
otherwise.
See request/5
for more detailed information.
Issues a OPTIONS request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure.
If the request does not fail, the response is returned.
See request!/5
for more detailed information.
Specs
Issues a PATCH request to the given url.
Returns {:ok, response}
if the request is successful, {:error, reason}
otherwise.
See request/5
for more detailed information.
Issues a PATCH request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure.
If the request does not fail, the response is returned.
See request!/5
for more detailed information.
Get information about a specific person in U.S. Congress
Example
Govtrack.person(400629)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_person
Get a list of all persons in U.S. Congress
Example
Govtrack.persons
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_person
Specs
Issues a POST request to the given url.
Returns {:ok, response}
if the request is successful, {:error, reason}
otherwise.
See request/5
for more detailed information.
Issues a POST request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure.
If the request does not fail, the response is returned.
See request!/5
for more detailed information.
Specs
Issues a PUT request to the given url.
Returns {:ok, response}
if the request is successful, {:error, reason}
otherwise.
See request/5
for more detailed information.
Issues a PUT request to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure.
If the request does not fail, the response is returned.
See request!/5
for more detailed information.
Specs
Issues an HTTP request with the given method to the given url.
This function is usually used indirectly by get/3
, post/4
, put/4
, etc
Args:
method
- HTTP method as an atom (:get
,:head
,:post
,:put
,:delete
, etc.)url
- target url as a binary string or char listbody
- request body. See more belowheaders
- HTTP headers as an orddict (e.g.,[{"Accept", "application/json"}]
)options
- Keyword list of options
Body:
- binary, char list or an iolist
{:form, [{K, V}, ...]}
- send a form url encoded{:file, "/path/to/file"}
- send a file
Options:
:timeout
- timeout to establish a connection, in milliseconds. Default is 8000:recv_timeout
- timeout used when receiving a connection. Default is 5000:stream_to
- a PID to stream the response to:proxy
- a proxy to be used for the request; it can be a regular url or a{Host, Proxy}
tuple:proxy_auth
- proxy authentication{User, Password}
tuple:ssl
- SSL options supported by thessl
erlang module:follow_redirect
- a boolean that causes redirects to be followed:max_redirect
- an integer denoting the maximum number of redirects to follow:params
- an enumerable consisting of two-item tuples that will be appended to the url as query string parameters
Timeouts can be an integer or :infinity
This function returns {:ok, response}
or {:ok, async_response}
if the
request is successful, {:error, reason}
otherwise.
Examples
request(:post, "https://my.website.com", "{\"foo\": 3}", [{"Accept", "application/json"}])
Issues an HTTP request with the given method to the given url, raising an exception in case of failure.
request!/5
works exactly like request/5
but it returns just the
response in case of a successful request, raising an exception in case the
request fails.
Get information about a specific role
Example
Govtrack.role(42929)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_role
Get a list of all roles
Example
Govtrack.roles
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_role
Get information about a specific vote
Example
Govtrack.vote(13969)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_vote
Get information about how a specific voter voted on a roll call vote
Example
Govtrack.vote_voter(31425718)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_vote_voter
Get a list of all voters in all roll call votes
Example
Govtrack.vote_voter(31425718)
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_vote_voter
Get a list of all votes
Example
Govtrack.votes
More info at: https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api#endpoint_vote