- Description: A search method that looks for legislators by name.
- Arguments: A string representing a name or portion of a name of a legislator.
1 2 3 4 5 6 | api_key = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'; echo '<pre>'; print_r( $sf->legislatorSearch( 'Kennedy' ) ); 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 | stdClass Object ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [result] => stdClass Object ( [score] => 1 [legislator] => stdClass Object ( [district] => 1 [title] => Rep [eventful_id] => P0-001-000016396-4 [in_office] => 1 [state] => RI [crp_id] => N00000360 [official_rss] => [party] => D [email] => patrick.kennedy@mail.house.gov [votesmart_id] => 22207 [website] => http://patrickkennedy.house.gov/ [fax] => 202-225-3290 [govtrack_id] => 400215 [firstname] => Patrick [middlename] => Joseph [lastname] => Kennedy [congress_office] => 407 Cannon House Office Building [phone] => 202-225-4911 [webform] => https://forms.house.gov/formpatrickkennedy/IMA/contact.htm [youtube_url] => [nickname] => [bioguide_id] => K000113 [fec_id] => H4RI01034 [gender] => M [senate_class] => [name_suffix] => [twitter_id] => [sunlight_old_id] => fakeopenID207 [congresspedia_url] => http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Patrick_Joseph_Kennedy ) ) ) [1] => stdClass Object ( [result] => stdClass Object ( [score] => 1 [legislator] => stdClass Object ( [district] => Senior Seat [title] => Sen [eventful_id] => P0-001-000016085-1 [in_office] => 1 [state] => MA [crp_id] => N00000308 [official_rss] => [party] => D [email] => [votesmart_id] => 53305 [website] => http://kennedy.senate.gov/ [fax] => 202-224-2417 [govtrack_id] => 300059 [firstname] => Edward [middlename] => M. [lastname] => Kennedy [congress_office] => 317 Russell Senate Office Building [phone] => 202-224-4543 [webform] => http://kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm [youtube_url] => [nickname] => Ted [bioguide_id] => K000105 [fec_id] => S6MA00015 [gender] => M [senate_class] => I [name_suffix] => Sr. [twitter_id] => [sunlight_old_id] => fakeopenID487 [congresspedia_url] => http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Edward_Kennedy ) ) ) ) |
