# us_congress_trades.politician

**beta** **Standard**

A politician's disclosed-trading summary: counts, estimated volume and most traded tickers.

`GET /v1/us_congress_trades/politician`

> [!NOTE] **Beta.** This endpoint has not yet been verified against the live source, so fields may be missing or differ until it becomes stable. Failed calls are refunded.

## What you get

One Us Congress Trades record in Onekey's unified shape, in `data`. If the record does not exist you get a `404 not_found` and are not charged.

## What it costs

- **Standard · 1 credit** 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | string | yes | (required) | Politician's last name, case-insensitive (Pelosi) | max 41 chars; must match `[A-Za-z][A-Za-z'. -]{1,40}`; trimmed |

## Request

```bash
curl "https://api.onekey.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/politician?handle=Alford" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

```python
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.onekey.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/politician",
    params={"handle": "Alford"},
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
body = res.json()

if body["success"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
```

```javascript
const params = new URLSearchParams({ handle: "Alford" });
const res = await fetch(`https://api.onekey.dev/v1/us_congress_trades/politician?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.success) console.log(body.data);
else console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
```

## Recorded response

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

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "id": "A000379",
      "displayName": "Mark Alford",
      "location": "MO",
      "contentCount": 9
    },
    "ext": {
      "party": "Republican",
      "chamber": "house",
      "district": "04",
      "volumeMid": 72004,
      "latestTradeDate": "2026-03-16T00:00:00Z",
      "buyCount": 0,
      "sellCount": 9,
      "exchangeCount": 0,
      "firstTradeDate": "2026-03-16T00:00:00Z",
      "tickerCount": 6,
      "filingCount": 1,
      "topTickers": "SPYB,AAPL,AMZN,BRK.B,PYPL",
      "otherMatches": 0
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "platform": "us_congress_trades",
    "endpoint": "politician",
    "cached": false,
    "stale": false,
    "age_s": 0,
    "fetched_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00+00:00",
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "request_id": "7f3a9c2e5b1d4c8fa2e6d0b9c4f18e37"
  },
  "error": null
}
```

## Field mapping

How this endpoint's source fields become Onekey's [unified schema](https://onekey.dev/docs/schema.md). Fields the source lacks come back as `null`.

| Source path | Onekey field | Transform |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `memberKey` | `author.id` | - |
| `name` | `author.displayName` | - |
| `state` | `author.location` | - |
| `party` | `ext.party` | - |
| `chamber` | `ext.chamber` | - |
| `district` | `ext.district` | - |
| `tradeCount` | `author.contentCount` | `toNumber` |
| `volumeMid` | `ext.volumeMid` | `toNumber` |
| `latestTradeDate` | `ext.latestTradeDate` | `toIsoDate` |
| `buyCount` | `ext.buyCount` | `toNumber` |
| `sellCount` | `ext.sellCount` | `toNumber` |
| `exchangeCount` | `ext.exchangeCount` | `toNumber` |
| `firstTradeDate` | `ext.firstTradeDate` | `toIsoDate` |
| `tickerCount` | `ext.tickerCount` | `toNumber` |
| `filingCount` | `ext.filingCount` | `toNumber` |
| `topTickers` | `ext.topTickers` | - |
| `otherMatches` | `ext.otherMatches` | `toNumber` |

## Caching and freshness

- Fresh for about 5 minutes. Repeat calls in that window are served from cache and are free.
- Between 5 minutes and 1 hour 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 2 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](https://onekey.dev/pricing); your balance must cover the price. |
| 404 | `not_found` | That record does not exist. Free; do not retry. |
| 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](https://onekey.dev/docs/errors.md) for the full list and retry guidance.

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