# Politician Trade Tracker

> REST API for U.S. congressional stock trade disclosures (STOCK Act).

## What it does

The Politician Trade Tracker™ API provides programmatic access to financial disclosures filed by US senators and representatives under the STOCK Act of 2012. Retrieve complete trading histories for individual politicians, filter trades by chamber, party, sector, state, or committee, and look up all congressional trades for any stock ticker. All responses are cached for up to 3 hours for fast performance.

## Endpoints

All endpoints are served at `api.politiciantradetracker.us`. Pass your `X-API-Key` header for authentication.

- `GET /api/politicians/profile?name=` — Full trading profile for a named politician: trade count, volume, top issuers, top sectors, and complete trade history.
- `GET /api/trades/latest` — Most recent trade disclosures across all politicians, chambers, and parties.
- `GET /api/trades/chamber?chamber=` — Trades filtered by chamber (`Senate` or `House`).
- `GET /api/trades/type?trade_type=` — Trades filtered by transaction type (`buy` or `sell`).
- `GET /api/trades/party?party=` — Trades filtered by political party (`Democrat` or `Republican`).
- `GET /api/trades/sector?sector=` — Trades filtered by market sector (e.g. `information-technology`, `finance`, `healthcare`, `energy`).
- `GET /api/trades/asset?asset=` — Trades filtered by asset class (e.g. `Stock`, `Option`).
- `GET /api/states/trades?state=` — All trade data for politicians from a specific US state, with summary stats and top issuers.
- `GET /api/states/politicians?state=` — Politicians from a specific US state tracked in official congressional disclosures.
- `GET /api/issuers/stock?ticker=` — Security metadata and full congressional trade history for a given stock ticker symbol.
- `GET /api/committees/info?committee_name=` — Trading data filtered by congressional committee, including top issuers and top trading members.

## Pricing

Plans are tailored to your request volume and rate limit needs. Contact the team for a custom quote: https://www.politiciantradetracker.us/contact

## Links

- Homepage: https://www.politiciantradetracker.us/
- Documentation: https://www.politiciantradetracker.us/docs
- Contact: https://www.politiciantradetracker.us/contact