A Wrapper For Project Vote Smart API

A Node.js package which makes interacting with the Project Vote Smart API simple.

To view exactly what each method will output go to the Prject Vote Smart documentation to understand how to best interact with their API: http://api.votesmart.org/docs/index.html

Examples

Set your api key

const { setApiKey } = require('project-vote-smart');

// have to get API key from Project Vote Smart
setApiKey(VOTE_SMART_API_KEY)

Importing

// specific methods
const { Votes } = require('project-vote-smart');

Votes.getBill(billId)

// entire package
const voteSmart = require('project-vote-smart');

voteSmart.Votes.getBill(billid)

Using with chaining

const { Votes } = require('project-vote-smart');

  Votes.getBill(billId)
    .then(response => {
      return response

  }).catch(error => {
      console.log(err)
  })

Using with async/await

const { Votes } = require('project-vote-smart');

const getBillData = async (billId) => {

  const response = await Votes.getBill(billId)

  return response
}

All Methods

Address

const { Address } = require('project-vote-smart');

Address.getCampaign(candidateId)
Address.getCampaignWebAddress(candidateId)
Address.getCampaignByElection(electionId)
Address.getOffice(candidateId)
Address.getOfficeWebAddress(candidateId)
Address.getOfficeByOfficeState(officeId, stateId)

Measure (Ballot Measure)

Measure.getMeasuresByYearState(year, stateId)
Measure.getMeasure(measureId)

CandidateBio

CandidateBio.getBio(candidateId)
CandidateBio.getDetailedBio(candidateId)
CandidateBio.getAddlBio(candidateId)

Candidates

Candidates.getByOfficeState(officeId, stateId, electionYear(default: >= current year), stageId)
Candidates.getByOfficeTypeState( officeTypeId, stateId, electionYear(default: >= current year), stageId)
Candidates.getByLastname(lastName, electionYear(default: >= current year), stageId)
Candidates.getByLevenshtein(lastName, electionYear(default: >= current year), stageId)
Candidates.getByElection(electionId, stageId)
Candidates.getByDistrict(districtId, electionYear(default: >= current year), stageId
)
// only 5 digit zip or zip5 is required
Candidates.getByZip(zip5*, electionYear(default: >= current year), zip4(default: NULL), stageId)

Committee

Committee.getTypes()
Committee.getCommitteesByTypeState(typeId, stateId)
Committee.getCommittee(committeeId)
Committee.getCommitteeMembers(committeeId)

District

District.getByOfficeState(officeId*, stateId*, districtName)

// only 5 digit zip or zip5 is required
District.getByZip(zip5*, zip4)

Election

Election.getElection(electionId)
Election.getElectionByYearState(year, stateId)
Election.getElectionByZip( zip5*, zip4, year)
Election.getStageCandidates( electionId, stageId, party (Default: ALL(NULL)), districtId (Default: All(NULL)))

Leadership

Leadership.getPositions(stateId(default: 'NA'), officeId(default: All))
Leadership.getOfficials(leadershipId*, stateId(default: 'NA'))

Local

Local.getCounties(stateId*)
Local.getCities(stateId*)
Local.getOfficials(localId*)

Npat

Npat.getNpat(candidateId*)

Office

Office.getTypes()
Office.getBranches()
Office.getLevels()
Office.getOfficesByType(officeTypeId*)
Office.getOfficesByLevel(levelId*)
Office.getOfficesByTypeLevel(officeTypeId*, officeLevelId*)
Office.getOfficesByBranchLevel(branchId*, levelId*)

Officials

Officials.getStatewide(stateId*)
Officials.getByOfficeState(officeId*, stateId*)
Officials.getByOfficeTypeState(officeTypeId*, stateId*)
Officials.getByLastname(lastName*)
Officials.getByLevenshtein(lastName*)
Officials.getByDistrict(districtId*)
// to get best results provide both 5 digit zip and 4 digit extension
Officials.getByZip(zip5*, zip4)

Rating

Rating.getCategories(stateId*)
Rating.getSigList(categoryId*, stateId*)
Rating.getSig(sigId*)
Rating.getSigRatings(sigId*)
Rating.getCandidateRating(candidateId*, sigId)
Rating.getRating(raitingId*)

State

State.getStateIDs()
State.getState(stateId*)

Votes

Votes.getCategories(year*, stateId*)
Votes.getBill(billId*)
Votes.getBillAction(actionId*)
Votes.getBillActionVotes(actionId*)
Votes.getBillActionVoteByOfficial(actionId*, candidateId*)
Votes.getByBillNumber(billNumber*)
Votes.getBillsByCategoryYearState(categoryId*, year*, stateId)
Votes.getBillsByYearState(year*, stateId)
Votes.getBillsByOfficialYearOffice(candidateId*, year*, officeId)
Votes.getBillsByOfficialCategoryOffice(candidateId*, categoryId*, officeId)
Votes.getByOfficial(candidateId*, officeId, year)
Votes.getBillsBySponsorYear(candidateId*, year*)
Votes.getBillsBySponsorCategory(candidateId*, categoryId*)
Votes.getBillsByStateRecent(amount*, stateId*)
Votes.getVetoes(candidateId*)