US Congress Trades Stats Politicians API
Scrape US Congress Trades Stats Politicians data with one API call. Returns politicians ranked by disclosed trade count, with party.
Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns politicians ranked by disclosed trade count, with party.
Use it to find the most-active traders, then pass the last name as handle to politician/trades.
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What can you do with the Stats Politicians API?
The Stats Politicians 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/stats/politicians?limit=10"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/stats/politicians",
params={
'limit': '10',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/stats/politicians?limit=10",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | No | How many politicians to return, 1 to 50. Default 10. |
What does the US Congress Trades Stats Politicians 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/stats/politicians",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"name": "Rohit Khanna",
"party": "democrat",
"count": 15101
},
{
"name": "Michael McCaul",
"party": "republican",
"count": 5505
}
],
"total": 10,
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 1,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 10
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"source": "captured",
"captured_at": "2026-10-02T13:06:22.699Z",
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the US Congress Trades Stats Politicians 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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import requests
response = requests.get(
'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": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"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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How do I get that member's filings?
Is there a cursor?
How is it billed?
Does rank equal disclosed value?
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