Node wrapper for NYT Congress API.

API Docs

Plan to add methods for all endpoints; currently only supports endpoints listed under Bills.

  var Congress = require( 'nyt-congress-node' );
  var client = new Congress( API_KEY );

  client.billDetails({
    'bill-id': 'HR2397',
    'congress-number': '113'
  }).then( function ( res ) {
    console.log( res );
  });

Options passed to each method will be inserted into the relevant endpoint URL scheme based on their key. billDetails has the endpoint http://api.nytimes.com/svc/politics/{version}/us/legislative/congress/{congress-number}/bills/{bill-id}{response-format}

version and response-format have defaults, so we don't need to include them. bill-id and congress-number get inserted into this url. Final request is made to:

http://api.nytimes.com/svc/politics/v3/us/legislative/congress/113/bills/HR2397.json?api-key={API_KEY}

All API call methods return promises.

This package works in the browser. To generate a version that will provide a Congress browser global, go to the project root and run (assuming you have browserify installed globally):

browserify -s Congress ./ > congress-browser.js

Fair warning: the standalone, browserified pacakage is pretty darn big.