US Congress Trades Members API
Scrape US Congress Trades Members data with one API call. Returns a directory of politicians with at least one STOCK Act disclosure: first name, last name, party, and state. Filter by party or USPS state. Pass last name as handle to GET /v1/us_congress_trades/politician.
Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns politicians who have disclosed at least one trade: first name, last name, party, and state.
Use it to find a last name, then pass that handle to politician or politician/trades.
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What can you do with the Members API?
The Members endpoint gives you structured US Congress Trades data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/members?state=ca&party=democrat"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/members",
params={
'state': 'ca',
'party': 'democrat',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/members?state=ca&party=democrat",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| party | No | democrat or republican. (democrat | republican) |
| state | No | Two-letter USPS state, for example CA or TX. |
| limit | No | Page size, 1 to 100. Default 50. |
| offset | No | Rows to skip. Prefer the universal cursor parameter. |
What does the US Congress Trades Members API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "us_congress_trades",
"endpoint": "/v1/us_congress_trades/members",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"first_name": "Jacob",
"last_name": "Auchincloss",
"party": "democrat",
"state": "ma"
},
{
"first_name": "Nanette",
"last_name": "Barragán",
"party": "democrat",
"state": "ca"
}
],
"next_cursor": "50",
"total": 95,
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 1,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": "sc.eyJ2IjoyLCJjIjoiNTAiLCJlIjoidXNfY29uZ3Jlc3NfdHJhZGVzL21lbWJlcnMiLCJwIjoib2Zmc2V0In0",
"has_more": true,
"page_size": 50
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"source": "captured",
"captured_at": "2026-10-02T15:41:04.291Z",
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the US Congress Trades Members API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
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"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Have a question? We got answers
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