Influence Explorer

Search by Name

Search for entities--that is, politicians, individuals, or organizations--with the given name. Returns basic information about the the contributions to and from each entity, as well as an ID that can be used in other API methods to retrieve more information.

Note that name searches will by default return matches from all entity types. If you are searching for entities of a particular type, politicians, for example, we recommend that you use the type parameter to limit your search results.

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/entities.json

Parameters

search

The query string. Spaces should be URL-encoded or represented as +. There are no logic operators or grouping.

type

The entity type to search for. Can include "politician", "organization", "individual", or "industry".

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/entities.json?apikey=<your-key>&search=nancy+pelosi

            [{"name": "Nancy Pelosi for Congress",
              "type": "organization",
              "total_received": "0",
              "count_received": 0,
              "total_given": "8625826.00",
              "count_given": 1319,
              "id": "8b2fed0a4a7e47e98147cdc2b335e614"},
             {"name": "Nancy Pelosi (D)",
              "type": "politician",
              "total_received": "11749535.00",
              "count_received": 9320,
              "total_given": "0",
              "count_given": 0,
              "id": "85ab2e74589a414495d18cc7a9233981"}]
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/entities/id_lookup.json

Parameters

namespace

The dataset and data type of the ID. Currently allowed values are:

namespace	Description
urn:crp:individual	A CRP ID for an individual contributor or lobbyist. Begins with U or C.
urn:crp:organization	A CRP ID for an organization. Begins with D.
urn:crp:recipient	A CRP ID for a politician. Begins with N.
urn:crp:industry	CRP's 3-letter category order.
urn:crp:subindustry	CRP's 5-letter category code.
urn:crp:subindustry	CRP's 5-letter category code.
urn:nimsp:organization	A NIMSP ID for an organization. Integer-valued.
urn:nimsp:recipient	A NIMSP ID for a politician. Integer-valued.
urn:nimsp:subindustry	NIMSP's 5-letter category code.
urn:sunlight:lobbyist_registration_tracker_url	URL of Sunlight's lobbyist registration tracker page

More namespaces may be added in the future as other ID schemes are reconciled with the TransparencyData dataset.

id

The ID of the entity in the given namespace.

bioguide_id

The ID of a member of congress in the Congressional Bioguide. Use of this parameter is mutually exclusive to the 'id' and 'namespace' parameters.

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/entities/id_lookup.json?apikey=<your-key>&namespace=urn:crp:recipient&id=N00007360

            [{"id": "85ab2e74589a414495d18cc7a9233981"}]
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/entities/<entity ID>.json

Parameters

cycle

Return contribution totals for the given cycle. When not given, returns totals for all cycles.

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/entities/85ab2e74589a414495d18cc7a9233981.json?apikey=<your-key>

            {"external_ids": [{"namespace": "urn:crp:recipient", "id": "N00007360"}],
             "contributions": {"contributor_amount": "0",
                               "contributor_count": 0,
                               "recipient_amount": "11749535.00",
                               "recipient_count": 9320},
             "name": "Nancy Pelosi (D)",
             "id": "85ab2e74589a414495d18cc7a9233981"}
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/pol/<entity ID>/contributors.json

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/pol/85ab2e74589a414495d18cc7a9233981/contributors.json?apikey=<your-key>&limit=3

            [{"employee_amount": "54800.00",
              "total_amount": "87100.00",
              "total_count": 74,
              "name": "Akin, Gump et al",
              "direct_count": 16,
              "employee_count": 58,
              "id": "2c6f93b70b1d4e5eaa942ab9c83a21c0",
              "direct_amount": "32300.00"},
             {"employee_amount": "3500.00",
              "total_amount": "86000.00",
              "total_count": 29,
              "name": "American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees",
              "direct_count": 25,
              "employee_count": 4,
              "id": "dbc095a6bc9343f5a9867352a1a00dae",
              "direct_amount": "82500.00"},
             {"employee_amount": "0",
              "total_amount": "82000.00",
              "total_count": 31,
              "name": "United Auto Workers",
              "direct_count": 31,
              "employee_count": 0,
              "id": "1108378c9e4344cb9f86473b4d5621f1",
              "direct_amount": "82000.00"}]
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/pol/<entity ID>/contributors/sectors.json

The sectors are identified by a single-letter code, as coded by CRP. The sector codes are:

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/pol/85ab2e74589a414495d18cc7a9233981/contributors/sectors.json?apikey=<your-key>

            [{"sector": "F", "count": 1665, "amount": "2230822.00"},
             {"sector": "P", "count": 971, "amount": "2033800.00"},
             {"sector": "Q", "count": 1108, "amount": "1198013.00"},
             {"sector": "K", "count": 1207, "amount": "1161794.00"},
             {"sector": "H", "count": 692, "amount": "1058000.00"},
             {"sector": "N", "count": 761, "amount": "959437.00"},
             {"sector": "B", "count": 446, "amount": "685969.00"},
             {"sector": "Y", "count": 794, "amount": "587916.00"},
             {"sector": "W", "count": 546, "amount": "525825.00"},
             {"sector": "E", "count": 186, "amount": "237600.00"}]
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/pol/<entity ID>/contributors/local_breakdown.json

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/pol/85ab2e74589a414495d18cc7a9233981/contributors/local_breakdown.json?apikey=<your-key>

            {"in-state": [3852, "3672843.00"], "out-of-state": [5048, "7712269.00"]}
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/pol/<entity ID>/contributors/type_breakdown.json

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/pol/85ab2e74589a414495d18cc7a9233981/contributors/type_breakdown.json?apikey=34c1b7c631c94d57a241a107fb0b0bce

            {"Individuals": [5533, "5240057.00"], "PACs": [3367, "6145055.00"]}
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/indiv/<entity ID>/recipient_orgs.json

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/indiv/945bcd0635bc434eacb7abcdcd38abea/recipient_orgs.json?apikey=<your-key>&limit=3

            [{"count": 6, "recipient_entity": "", "amount": "83500.00", "recipient_name": "Republican National Cmte"},
             {"count": 7, "recipient_entity": "", "amount": "49250.00", "recipient_name": "National Republican Congressional Cmte"},
             {"count": 8, "recipient_entity": "a092ecc6cfcf4dfeb55cddbd45425afb", "amount": "36901.00", "recipient_name": "National Republican Senatorial Cmte"}]
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/indiv/<entity ID>/recipient_pols.json

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/indiv/945bcd0635bc434eacb7abcdcd38abea/recipient_pols.json?apikey=<your-key>&limit=3

            [{"count": 16, "recipient_entity": "928936734d2a458ebcbbfefd0fceb0ff", "amount": "14850.00", "recipient_name": "Sam Johnson (R)"},
             {"count": 16, "recipient_entity": "5c8f2544e5ec42688cb684de7999f734", "amount": "13000.00", "recipient_name": "Joe Barton (R)"},
             {"count": 10, "recipient_entity": "233629a413cd4bd189440884f3ad3f03", "amount": "9250.00", "recipient_name": "Pete Sessions (R)"}]
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/indiv/<entity ID>/recipients/party_breakdown.json

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/indiv/945bcd0635bc434eacb7abcdcd38abea/recipients/party_breakdown.json?apikey=<your-key>

            {"R": [271, "253400.00"], "D": [24, "21300.00"]}
            

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/org/4ef624f6877a49f2b591b2a8af4c5bf5/recipients.json?apikey=<your-key>&limit=3

            [{"employee_amount": "57658.00",
              "total_amount": "57658.00",
              "total_count": 57,
              "name": "Barack Obama (D)",
              "direct_count": 0,
              "employee_count": 57,
              "id": "4cc67d4c54214b858a4b72d97b3905ea",
              "direct_amount": "0"},
             {"employee_amount": "21400.00",
              "total_amount": "21400.00",
              "total_count": 24,
              "name": "Hillary Clinton (D)",
              "direct_count": 0,
              "employee_count": 24,
              "id": "48253d1b86f446c8b584f9d6a31450c1",
              "direct_amount": "0"},
             {"employee_amount": "17500.00",
              "total_amount": "17500.00",
              "total_count": 7,
              "name": "Harold E Ford Jr (D)",
              "direct_count": 0,
              "employee_count": 7,
              "id": "3b3c79d8f4264fd19999409bd97bd161",
              "direct_amount": "0"}]
            

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/org/4ef624f6877a49f2b591b2a8af4c5bf5/recipients/party_breakdown.json?apikey=34c1b7c631c94d57a241a107fb0b0bce&limit=3

                {"3": [1, "500.00"], "Republicans": [3, "1500.00"], "Democrats": [463, "391247.00"]}
            

End Point

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/org/<entity ID>/recipients/level_breakdown.json

Example

http://transparencydata.com/api/1.0/aggregates/org/73c18c499c1b4a71b2b042663530e9b7/recipients/level_breakdown.json?apikey=<your-key>

            {"Federal": [3789, "4832720.00"], "State": [154, "74659.96"]}