congress.members

beta Advanced

Members of the US Congress (Congress.gov API).

GET /v1/congress/members

What you get#

A list of Congress results in Onekey's unified shape, in data (an array). An empty array is a normal, successful answer and is charged like any other; a source that reports "nothing found" as an error returns a free 404 not_found instead.

What it costs#

Advanced · 5 credits for a fresh fetch, charged only when it succeeds.
Free when served from cache (0.2 credit for a cached response over 100 KB).
Free if the request is invalid (never charged) or the source fails or reports not found (refunded).

Parameters#

Name	Type	Required	Default	What it is	Constraints
`limit`	string	no	`20`	Rows (1-250)	max 3 chars; must match `[1-9]\d{0,2}`; trimmed

Request#

curl "https://api.onekey.dev/v1/congress/members?limit=3" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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Recorded response#

A real Congress response, recorded and returned in Onekey's shape. Fields the platform does not provide are null.

json

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "author": {
        "id": "W000832",
        "displayName": "Wahab, Aisha",
        "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/W000832?format=json",
        "avatarUrl": "https://www.congress.gov/img/member/6a986b632a68122e10181e6b_200.jpg"
      },
      "entity": {
        "category": "Democratic",
        "status": "California"
      },
      "ext": {
        "district": 14
      }
    },
    {
      "author": {
        "id": "B001328",
        "displayName": "Blair, Everton",
        "url": "https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/B001328?format=json",
        "avatarUrl": "https://www.congress.gov/img/member/6a9869d92a68122e10181e62_200.jpg"
      },
      "entity": {
        "category": "Democratic",
        "status": "Georgia"
      },
      "ext": {
        "district": 13
      }
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "platform": "congress",
    "endpoint": "members",
    "cached": false,
    "stale": false,
    "age_s": 0,
    "fetched_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00+00:00",
    "credits_charged": 5,
    "request_id": "7f3a9c2e5b1d4c8fa2e6d0b9c4f18e37"
  },
  "error": null
}

Field mapping#

How this endpoint's source fields become Onekey's unified schema. Fields the source lacks come back as null.

Source path	Onekey field	Transform
`bioguideId`	`author.id`	-
`name`	`author.displayName`	-
`partyName`	`entity.category`	-
`state`	`entity.status`	-
`district`	`ext.district`	`toNumber`
`url`	`author.url`	`safeUrl`
`depiction.imageUrl`	`author.avatarUrl`	`safeUrl`

Caching and freshness#

Fresh for about 1 hour. Repeat calls in that window are served from cache and are free.
Between 1 hour and 1 day the cached copy is still served instantly and marked stale: true while Onekey refreshes it in the background.
If the source is down when a refresh is needed, the last copy can be served for up to 1 day more (marked stale).
A "not found" is remembered for 5 minutes and is free.
The cache is shared across all customers, which is what keeps repeat calls cheap.

What can go wrong#

Status	Code	What to do
401	`unauthorized`	Check the `x-api-key` header.
402	`insufficient_credits`	Add credits; your balance must cover the price.
404	`not_found`	Unknown endpoint path.
422	`invalid_params`	Fix the parameters using the table above. Free.
429	`rate_limited`	Wait `Retry-After` seconds, then retry.
502	`upstream_error`	The source failed. Refunded; retry with backoff.

See Errors for the full list and retry guidance.

Status: beta (not yet verified against the live source).