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

> Returns every STOCK Act disclosure for one politician, keyed by last name. Same row shape as GET /v1/us_congress_trades/trades. Sort by publication date, trade date, value, or reporting gap.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/us_congress_trades/politician/trades` 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. |
| `sort` | no | pub_date (default), tx_date, value, or reporting_gap. (pub_date \| tx_date \| value \| reporting_gap) |
| `order` | no | desc (default) or asc. (asc \| desc) |
| `limit` | no | Page size, 1 to 100. Default 20. |
| `offset` | no | Rows to skip. Prefer the universal cursor parameter. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

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

## FAQ

### How do I list one politician's filings?

GET /v1/us_congress_trades/politician/trades?handle=Pelosi. Handle is the last name.

### Can I sort the filings?

Yes. sort is pub_date (default), tx_date, value, or reporting_gap. order is desc or asc.

### Is the row shape the same as search?

Yes. Each row has the member, issuer, ticker, transaction type, disclosed value, dates, and reporting gap.

### What if the politician has no filings?

A missing name returns 404 unbilled. An empty page is refunded.

### How is it billed?

1 credit per page 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 list all STOCK Act filings for one member of Congress?
- What API returns Pelosi congressional trade history?