Openfec

OpenFEC — campaign finance data, candidates, committees, filings, and contribution search.

Requirements

Variable	Required	Description
FEC_API_KEY	✅	FEC API key (or DEMO_KEY)

Quick Start

# Search candidates
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py search-candidates --q <value> --office <value> --state <value> --party <value> --cycle <value> --per-page "20"

# Get candidate details
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py get-candidate <id>

# Get candidate financial totals
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py candidate-totals <id> --cycle <value>

# Search committees
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py search-committees --q <value> --committee-type <value> --per-page "20"

# Get committee details
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py get-committee <id>

# List filings
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py list-filings --candidate-id <value> --committee-id <value> --per-page "20"

# Search individual contributions
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py search-contributions --contributor-name <value> --contributor-state <value> --min-amount <value> --max-amount <value> --per-page "20"

# Search disbursements
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py search-disbursements --committee-id <value> --recipient-name <value> --per-page "20"

# Get election results
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py election-results --office "president" --cycle <value>

# Totals by entity type
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/openfec.py get-totals --cycle <value>