# US Congress Trades Politician API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/us_congress_trades/politician)

> Returns aggregated STOCK Act stats for one politician by last name: party, state, trade count, buy vs sell, disclosed value, average reporting gap, top tickers, and top sectors. Pass the same handle to GET /v1/us_congress_trades/politician/trades for the filings themselves.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/us_congress_trades/politician` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Politician last name, case-insensitive. Example: Pelosi. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/politician" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=Pelosi" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I get one politician's trading summary?

GET /v1/us_congress_trades/politician?handle=Pelosi. Handle is the last name, case-insensitive.

### What stats are in the summary?

Party, state, trade count, buy vs sell, disclosed value, average reporting gap, top tickers, and top sectors.

### What if the last name is unknown?

The route returns 404 and is not charged. Confirm the name on /v1/us_congress_trades/members first.

### How do I get the filings themselves?

Pass the same handle to /v1/us_congress_trades/politician/trades.

### How is it billed?

1 credit on a live miss. Cache hits cost 0.

See the full US Congress Trades API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/us_congress_trades

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How do I get Nancy Pelosi stock trades via API?
- What API returns a congressional trading summary by last name?