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

> Returns high-level STOCK Act coverage: total trades, total politicians, earliest and latest trade dates, and last updated time.

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

## Code example

```bash
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/stats" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### What does the stats endpoint return?

Dataset coverage: total trades, total politicians, earliest trade date, latest trade date, and last updated time.

### Does it take query parameters?

No. GET /v1/us_congress_trades/stats with your API key is enough.

### When should I call it?

Call it first to see how large the corpus is before paging /v1/us_congress_trades/trades.

### Is this live market volume?

No. These are disclosed STOCK Act counts, not exchange volume.

### 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 large is the SocialCrawl congressional trades dataset?
- What API returns STOCK Act coverage totals?