- Description: A method to retrieve data about Congress members privately financed travel.
- Arguments: Requires unique member_id that represents the candidate ID (cid) as provided by OpenSecrets. The OpenSecrets API is documented here along with sources for some obscure data. Additionally, it takes an optional 4-digit calendar year for election cycle.
- Special Note: The OpenSecrets API is different from the Sunlight Labs API. Though they share some of the same functionality for the purposes of this library, it is important to set the proper API endpoint and secure an OpenSecrets API Key. Also, be aware of rate limits and develop accordingly.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | api_key = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'; $os->request_url = 'http://www.opensecrets.org/api/'; $os->rate_limit = 200; echo '<pre>'; print_r( $os->memberTravel( 'N00000019', '2007' ) ); echo '</pre>'; ?> |
Result:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 | stdClass Object ( * Closing connection #0 [@attributes] => stdClass Object ( [member_name] => Clinton, Hillary [record_count] => 7 [cid] => N00000019 [year] => 2007 [origin] => Center for Responsive Politics [source] => http://opensecrets.org/travel/search_results.php?id=N00000019 [last_updated] => 5/16/08 ) [trip] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [@attributes] => stdClass Object ( [traveler] => Danielle E Kline [start_date] => 01/16/2007 [end_date] => 01/18/2007 [destination] => New York, New York [sponsor] => Assn of Performing Arts Presenters [purpose] => To speak at annual Members conference about why local, state, and federal governments should support the arts. [cost] => 500.00 [guests] => [relationship] => ) ) [1] => stdClass Object ( [@attributes] => stdClass Object ( [traveler] => Andrew Shapiro [start_date] => 04/23/2007 [end_date] => 04/23/2007 [destination] => Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [sponsor] => University of Pennsylvania [purpose] => Participation in Fox Leadership Forum, University of Pennsylvania [cost] => 214.70 [guests] => [relationship] => ) ) [2] => stdClass Object ( [@attributes] => stdClass Object ( [traveler] => Tamera S. Luzzatto [start_date] => 06/04/2007 [end_date] => 06/05/2007 [destination] => New York, New York [sponsor] => Wildlife Conservation Society [purpose] => To participate in a field visit to New York for Congressional chiefs of staff and learn about the research and environmental-related work of the sponsor, the non-profit WCS, and to meet with other institutions of New York including New York City's Ma [cost] => 1274.63 [guests] => [relationship] => ) ) [3] => stdClass Object ( [@attributes] => stdClass Object ( [traveler] => Huma Abodin [start_date] => 07/23/2007 [end_date] => 07/24/2007 [destination] => Denver, Colorado [sponsor] => Democratic Leadership Council [purpose] => In conjunction with the Senator's keynote speech at the DLC convention [cost] => 1133.00 [guests] => [relationship] => ) ) [4] => stdClass Object ( [@attributes] => stdClass Object ( [traveler] => Mildred Otero [start_date] => 07/23/2007 [end_date] => 07/24/2007 [destination] => Miami, Florida [sponsor] => National Council of La Raza [purpose] => Speak on panel regarding Sen Clinton's leadership on the importance of the Even Start program and other early childhood literacy programs for Latino children and impact of current budget cuts to the program for NY and the country [cost] => 579.00 [guests] => [relationship] => ) ) [5] => stdClass Object ( [@attributes] => stdClass Object ( [traveler] => Tamera Luzzatto [start_date] => 09/28/2007 [end_date] => 09/29/2007 [destination] => Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [sponsor] => Multiple Sponsors [purpose] => Senate Bipartisan Chief of Staff Retreat [cost] => 896.00 [guests] => [relationship] => ) ) [6] => stdClass Object ( [@attributes] => stdClass Object ( [traveler] => Andrew J. Shapiro [start_date] => 10/04/2007 [end_date] => 10/07/2007 [destination] => Jacksonville, Florida [sponsor] => Howard Gilman Foundation [purpose] => Participate in Foreign Policy Leaders conference [cost] => 1028.80 [guests] => [relationship] => ) ) ) ) |
