OpenFEC API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: OpenFEC API
  description: >-
    The OpenFEC API is a RESTful web service from the Federal Election
    Commission supporting full-text and field-specific searches on FEC data
    including candidates, committees, filings, financial summaries, and
    transaction schedules. Data are updated nightly.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Federal Election Commission
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/developers/
  license:
    name: Public Domain (CC0)
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
servers:
  - url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1
    description: Production OpenFEC API
security:
  - apiKey: []
paths:
  /candidates/:
    get:
      summary: List candidates
      description: Fetch basic information about candidates and ability to filter through results.
      operationId: listCandidates
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
        - name: q
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Full-text search.
        - name: candidate_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        - name: cycle
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: integer
        - name: office
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
              enum: [H, S, P]
        - name: state
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: party
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of candidate records.
  /candidates/search/:
    get:
      summary: Search candidates with principal committees
      operationId: searchCandidates
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
        - name: q
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Candidate search results including committees.
  /candidate/{candidate_id}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve a single candidate
      operationId: getCandidate
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CandidateId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A candidate record.
  /candidate/{candidate_id}/totals/:
    get:
      summary: Candidate financial totals
      operationId: getCandidateTotals
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CandidateId'
        - name: cycle
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Aggregated receipts, disbursements, and cash on hand.
  /candidate/{candidate_id}/committees/:
    get:
      summary: Committees associated with a candidate
      operationId: getCandidateCommittees
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CandidateId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Committee records linked to the candidate.
  /committees/:
    get:
      summary: List committees
      operationId: listCommittees
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
        - name: q
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: committee_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        - name: committee_type
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: cycle
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of committee records.
  /committee/{committee_id}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve a single committee
      operationId: getCommittee
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CommitteeId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A committee record.
  /committee/{committee_id}/totals/:
    get:
      summary: Committee financial totals
      operationId: getCommitteeTotals
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CommitteeId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Aggregated committee finances by cycle.
  /filings/:
    get:
      summary: List filings
      description: Reports filed with the FEC.
      operationId: listFilings
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
        - name: candidate_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        - name: committee_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        - name: form_type
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of filings.
  /schedules/schedule_a/:
    get:
      summary: Itemized individual contributions (Schedule A)
      operationId: listScheduleA
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
        - name: contributor_name
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: committee_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        - name: two_year_transaction_period
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Schedule A contribution records.
  /schedules/schedule_b/:
    get:
      summary: Itemized disbursements (Schedule B)
      operationId: listScheduleB
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
        - name: committee_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
        - name: recipient_name
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Schedule B disbursement records.
  /schedules/schedule_e/:
    get:
      summary: Independent expenditures (Schedule E)
      operationId: listScheduleE
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
        - name: candidate_id
          in: query
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Schedule E expenditure records.
  /elections/:
    get:
      summary: Election summaries by office, cycle, and district
      operationId: listElections
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
        - name: cycle
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
        - name: office
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: state
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: district
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Election summary records.
  /names/candidates/:
    get:
      summary: Candidate name typeahead
      operationId: candidateNames
      parameters:
        - name: q
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Candidate name suggestions.
  /names/committees/:
    get:
      summary: Committee name typeahead
      operationId: committeeNames
      parameters:
        - name: q
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Committee name suggestions.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: api.data.gov API key. Use DEMO_KEY for limited testing.
  parameters:
    PerPage:
      name: per_page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 20
        maximum: 100
      description: Number of results per page.
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 1
      description: Page number to return.
    CandidateId:
      name: candidate_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: A candidate identifier (e.g., P00000001).
    CommitteeId:
      name: committee_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: A committee identifier (e.g., C00000000).