PoliAPI Code Samples

1 const callPoliAPI = async () => {
2   // query that will be used for this API call (see documentation for all queries)
3   const query = 'published_within';
4
5   // query parameter
6   const num_weeks = '2';
7
8   try {
9     // fetch all trades that have been published within the last two weeks
10    const response = await fetch(`https://api.poliapi.com/api/${query}/${num_weeks}`);
11
12    // error check the response of the API
13    if (!response.ok) {
14      throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
15    }
16
17    // await the data and print it to the console
18    const result = await response.json();
19    console.log('API Response:', result);
20
21    // catch any errors with fetching
22    } catch (error) {
23      console.error('Error fetching data:', error);
24    }
25 }

1  # pip install requests if not already done
2  import requests
3 
4  # select a query
5  query = 'politician'
6 
7  # select a query parameter 
8  politician = 'Nancy Pelosi'
9 
10 # format API call
11 query = requests.get(f'https://api.poliapi.com/api/{query}/{politician}')
12 
13 # check for status of the API request
14 if response.status_code != 200:
15   print(f'Failed to get politician: status_code {response.status_code}')
16 
17 # upon success print the trades as a json
18 else:
19   print(f'{politician} trades:', response.json())