Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: python-sunlightapi
Version: 0.5.0
Summary: Libraries for interacting with the Sunlight Labs API
Home-page: http://github.com/sunlightlabs/python-sunlightapi/
Author: James Turk
Author-email: jturk@sunlightfoundation.com
License: BSD-style license
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Description: ==================
        python-sunlightapi
        ==================
        
        Python library for interacting with the Sunlight Labs API.
        
        The Sunlight Labs API provides basic legislator information, district lookups,
        and experimental information on lobbyists.
        (http://services.sunlightlabs.com/api/)
        
        python-sunlightapi is a project of Sunlight Labs (c) 2008.
        Written by James Turk <jturk@sunlightfoundation.com>.
        
        All code is under a BSD-style license, see LICENSE for details.
        
        Homepage: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-sunlightapi/
        
        Source: http://github.com/sunlightlabs/python-sunlightapi/
        
        
        Requirements
        ============
        
        python >= 2.4
        
        simplejson >= 1.8 (not required with python 2.6, will use built in json module)
        
        
        Installation
        ============
        To install run
        
        ``python setup.py install``
        
        which will install the bindings into python's site-packages directory.
        
        Usage
        =====
        
        To initialize the api, all that is required is for it to be imported and for an
        API key to be defined.
        
        (If you do not have an API key visit http://services.sunlightlabs.com/api/ to
        register for one.)
        
        Import ``sunlight`` from ``sunlightapi``:
        
        >>> from sunlightapi import sunlight, SunlightApiError
        
        And set your API key:
        
        >>> sunlight.apikey = 'sunlight-api-key'
        
        -------------------
        legislators methods
        -------------------
        
        The legislators namespace is comprised of several functions:
        * legislators.get        - get a single legislator
        * legislators.getList    - get zero or more legislators
        * legislators.search     - fuzzy search for legislators by name
        * legislators.allForZip  - get all legislators representing a zipcode
        
        
        get and getList
        ---------------
        
        legislators.get and legislators.getList both take any number of parameters and
        return all legislators that match the provided criteria.  These parameters are
        also the ones returned in each legislator object.
        
        The available parameters are:
        * title
        * firstname
        * middlename
        * lastname
        * name_suffix
        * nickname
        * party
        * state
        * district
        * in_office
        * gender
        * birthdate
        * phone
        * fax
        * website
        * webform
        * email
        * congress_office
        * bioguide_id
        * votesmart_id
        * fec_id
        * govtrack_id
        * crp_id
        * eventful_id
        * congresspedia_url
        * twitter_id
        * official_rss
        * youtube_url
        
        
        To get the representative that represents NC-4:
        
        >>> print sunlight.legislators.get(state='NC', district='4')
        Rep. David Price (D-NC)
        
        legislators.getList works much the same way, but returns a list.  It is
        possible to do a more complex query, for instance
        "all legislators from New York that are Republicans":
        
        >>> for leg in sunlight.legislators.getList(state='NY', party='R'):
        ...     print leg
        Rep. Pete King (R-NY)
        Rep. Christopher Lee (R-NY)
        
        
        **It is preferred that you do not call getList without parameters as it will
        pull down all legislators, if you need to do this feel free to grab the provided
        dump of the API data available at http://services.sunlightlabs.com/api/**
        
        
        search
        ------
        
        legislators.search allows you to query the database with a less than perfect
        representation of a legislator's name.
        
        The search is tolerant of use of nicknames, lastname-firstname juxtaposition,
        initials and minor misspellings.  The return is a set of results that include
        legislator records as well as certainity scores between 0 and 1 (where 1 is
        most certain).
        
        Search takes two optional parameters
        
        ``threshold``
        the minimum score you want to return, the default is 0.8 and you should rarely go lower than 0.7.
        ``all_legislators``
        if True will search legislators in the API that are no longer in office (default is False)
        
        An example usage of search is as follows:
        
        >>> for r in sunlight.legislators.search('Diane Finestine'):
        ...     print r
        0.92125 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
        
        
        It is also possible to get multiple results:
        
        >>> for r in sunlight.legislators.search('Frank'):
        ...     print r
        1.0 Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
        0.972222222222 Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ)
        0.952380952381 Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
        
        
        allForZip
        ---------
        
        legislators.allForZip retrieves all legislators that represent a given zipcode.
        
        This typically means two senators and one (or more) representatives.
        
        To get all legislators that represent the 27511 zipcode:
        
        >>> for legislator in sunlight.legislators.allForZip(27511):
        ...     print legislator
        Rep. David Price (D-NC)
        Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
        Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
        Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)
        
        
        -----------------
        districts methods
        -----------------
        
        The districts namespace is comprised of several functions:
        * districts.getDistrictsFromZip
        * districts.getZipsFromDistrict
        * districts.getDistrictFromLatLong
        
        
        getDistrictsFromZip
        -------------------
        
        districts.getDistrictsFromZip fetches all districts that overlap a given
        zipcode.
        
        To get all districts that overlap 14623:
        >>> for district in sunlight.districts.getDistrictsFromZip(14623):
        ...     print district
        NY-29
        NY-28
        
        
        getZipsFromDistrict
        -------------------
        
        districts.getZipsFromDistrict fetches all zips that fall within a district.
        
        To get all zipcodes in the NY-29th:
        >>> sunlight.districts.getZipsFromDistrict('NY', 29)
        [u'14925', u'14905', u'14904', u'14903', u'14902', u'14901', u'14898', u'14897', u'14895', u'14894', u'14893', u'14892', u'14891', u'14889', u'14887', u'14886', u'14885', u'14884', u'14883', u'14880', u'14879', u'14878', u'14877', u'14876', u'14874', u'14873', u'14872', u'14871', u'14870', u'14869', u'14867', u'14865', u'14864', u'14863', u'14861', u'14859', u'14858', u'14857', u'14856', u'14855', u'14846', u'14845', u'14843', u'14842', u'14841', u'14840', u'14839', u'14838', u'14837', u'14836', u'14831', u'14830', u'14827', u'14826', u'14825', u'14824', u'14823', u'14822', u'14821', u'14820', u'14819', u'14818', u'14816', u'14815', u'14814', u'14813', u'14812', u'14810', u'14809', u'14808', u'14807', u'14806', u'14805', u'14804', u'14803', u'14802', u'14801', u'14788', u'14786', u'14783', u'14779', u'14778', u'14777', u'14774', u'14772', u'14770', u'14766', u'14760', u'14755', u'14754', u'14753', u'14751', u'14748', u'14747', u'14745', u'14744', u'14743', u'14741', u'14739', u'14738', u'14737', u'14735', u'14731', u'14730', u'14729', u'14727', u'14726', u'14721', u'14719', u'14717', u'14715', u'14714', u'14711', u'14709', u'14708', u'14707', u'14706', u'14625', u'14624', u'14623', u'14620', u'14618', u'14610', u'14606', u'14586', u'14585', u'14572', u'14564', u'14561', u'14560', u'14559', u'14548', u'14547', u'14546', u'14544', u'14543', u'14536', u'14534', u'14532', u'14529', u'14527', u'14526', u'14522', u'14518', u'14514', u'14513', u'14512', u'14507', u'14506', u'14504', u'14502', u'14489', u'14487', u'14485', u'14478', u'14475', u'14472', u'14471', u'14469', u'14467', u'14466', u'14463', u'14461', u'14456', u'14453', u'14450', u'14445', u'14443', u'14441', u'14437', u'14432', u'14428', u'14425', u'14424', u'14418', u'14415', u'14414', u'14173', u'14171', u'14168', u'14141', u'14138', u'14133', u'14129', u'14101', u'14081', u'14070', u'14065', u'14060', u'14042', u'14041', u'14030', u'14029', u'14024', u'14009']
        
        getDistrictFromLatLong
        ----------------------
        
        districts.getDistrictFromLatLong finds the district that a given lat-long
        coordinate pair falls within.
        
        To find out what district 61.13 N, 149.54 W falls within:
        >>> print sunlight.districts.getDistrictFromLatLong(61.13, 149.54)
        AK-0
        
        This point is in fact in Anchorage, Alaska, so this is correct.
        
        
        -----------------
        committee methods
        -----------------
        
        The committee namespace contains:
        * committee.getList
        * committee.get
        * committee.allForMember
        
        getList
        -------
        
        committee.getList gets all committees for a given chamber (House, Senate, or Joint).
        
        To see all joint committees for the current congress:
        >>> for c in sunlight.committees.getList('Joint'):
        ...     print c
        Joint Economic Committee
        Joint Committee on Printing
        Joint Committee on Taxation
        Joint Committee on the Library
        
        get
        ---
        
        committee.get gets full details for a given committee, including membership and subcommittees.
        
        Example of getting details for a committee:
        
        >>> com = sunlight.committees.get('HSAG')
        >>> print com.name
        House Committee on Agriculture
        >>> for sc in com.subcommittees:
        ...     print sc
        Subcommittee on  Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research
        Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry
        Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
        Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture
        Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
        Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
        >>> for m in com.members:
        ...     print m
        Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA)
        Rep. John Boccieri (D-OH)
        Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
        Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL)
        Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
        Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
        Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
        Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
        Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)
        Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
        Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA)
        Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)
        Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
        Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
        Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
        Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL)
        Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
        Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA)
        Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
        Rep. Steven Kagen (D-WI)
        Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
        Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC)
        Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD)
        Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH)
        Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)
        Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
        Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
        Rep. Betsy Markey (D-CO)
        Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA)
        Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY)
        Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
        Rep. Walt Minnick (D-ID)
        Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
        Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
        Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
        Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
        Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN)
        Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
        Rep. Mark Schauer (D-MI)
        Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH)
        Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
        Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
        Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE)
        Rep. G.T. Thompson (R-PA)
        Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)
        
        allForLegislator
        ----------------
        
        All for legislator shows all of a legislator's committee and subcommittee memberships.
        
        *note that the subcommittees included are only the subcommittees that the member has a seat on*
        
        Showing all of a legislators committees and subcommittees:
        >>> for com in sunlight.committees.allForLegislator('S000148'):
        ...    print com
        ...    for sc in com.subcommittees:
        ...        print '  ',sc
        Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
        Senate Committee on Finance
        Subcommittee on International Trade and Global Competitiveness
        Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy
        Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-term Growth
        Joint Committee on the Library
        Joint Economic Committee
        Senate Commmittee on the Judiciary
        Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
        Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
        Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
        Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
        Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security
        Joint Committee on Printing
        Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
        Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
        Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
        Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
        
        Deprecated Methods
        ==================
        
        As of the 0.5 release of this library all lobbyists and wordlist namespace
        methods are deprecated pending removal in a future version.  These methods are
        no longer supported by the Sunlight Labs API.
        
        See http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2009/sunlight-labs-api-one-year-later/ for
        further details.
        
Platform: any
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
