representativeInfoQuery(body, recursive=None, ocdId=None, includeOffices=None)
Looks up political geography and representative information based on an address or Open Civic Data division identifier.
representativeInfoQuery(body, recursive=None, ocdId=None, includeOffices=None)
Looks up political geography and representative information based on an address or Open Civic Data division identifier. Args: body: object, The request body. (required) The object takes the form of: { # A request for political geography and representative information for an address. "address": "A String", # The address to look up. May only be specified if the field ocdId is not given in the URL. } recursive: boolean, When ocd_id is supplied, return all divisions which are hierarchically nested within the queried division. For example, if querying ocd-division/country:us/district:dc, this would also return all DC's wards and ANCs. ocdId: string, The division to look up. May only be specified if the address field is not given in the request body. includeOffices: boolean, Whether to return information about offices and officials. If false, only the top-level district information will be returned. Returns: An object of the form: { # The result of a representative info lookup query. "status": "A String", # The result of the request. One of: success, noStreetSegmentFound, addressUnparseable, noAddressParameter, multipleStreetSegmentsFound, electionOver, electionUnknown, internalLookupFailure, RequestedBothAddressAndOcdId "divisions": { # Political geographic divisions that contain the requested address. "a_key": { # Describes a political geography. # The unique Open Civic Data identifier for this division. "scope": "A String", # The geographic scope of the division. If unspecified, the division's geography is not known. One of: national, statewide, congressional, stateUpper, stateLower, countywide, judicial, schoolBoard, cityWide, township, countyCouncil, cityCouncil, ward, special "officeIds": [ # List of keys in the offices object, one for each office elected from this division. Will only be present if includeOffices was true (or absent) in the request. "A String", ], "alsoKnownAs": [ # Any other valid OCD IDs that refer to the same division. For example, if this division's OCD ID is ocd-division/country:us/district:dc, this will contain ocd-division/country:us/state:dc. "A String", ], "name": "A String", # The name of the division. }, }, "kind": "civicinfo#representativeInfoResponse", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "civicinfo#representativeInfoResponse". "normalizedInput": { # A simple representation of an address. # The normalized version of the requested address "city": "A String", # The city or town for the address. "zip": "A String", # The US Postal Zip Code of the address. "line3": "A String", # The third line of the address, if needed. "line2": "A String", # The second line the address, if needed. "line1": "A String", # The street name and number of this address. "locationName": "A String", # The name of the location. "state": "A String", # The US two letter state abbreviation of the address. }, "officials": { # Officials holding the offices listed above. Will only be present if includeOffices was true in the request. "a_key": { # Information about a official holding an elected office. # A unique identifier for this official, within the context of this request. Identifiers are *not* long-lived: the same official may get different IDs on different requests. "name": "A String", # The official's name. "photoUrl": "A String", # A URL for a photo of the official. "phones": [ # The official's public contact phone numbers. "A String", ], "channels": [ # A list of known (social) media channels for this official. { # A social media or web channel for a candidate. "type": "A String", # The type of channel. The following is a list of types of channels, but is not exhaustive. More channel types may be added at a later time. One of: GooglePlus, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter "id": "A String", # The unique public identifier for the candidate's channel. }, ], "urls": [ # The official's public website URLs. "A String", ], "address": [ # Addresses at which to contact the official. { # A simple representation of an address. "city": "A String", # The city or town for the address. "zip": "A String", # The US Postal Zip Code of the address. "line3": "A String", # The third line of the address, if needed. "line2": "A String", # The second line the address, if needed. "line1": "A String", # The street name and number of this address. "locationName": "A String", # The name of the location. "state": "A String", # The US two letter state abbreviation of the address. }, ], "party": "A String", # The full name of the party the official belongs to. "emails": [ # The direct email addresses for the official. "A String", ], }, }, "offices": { # Elected offices referenced by the divisions listed above. Will only be present if includeOffices was true in the request. "a_key": { # Information about an Office held by one or more Officials. # A unique identifier for this office, within the context of this request. Identifiers are *not* long-lived: the same office may get different IDs on different requests. "divisionId": "A String", # The OCD ID of the division with which this office is associated. "sources": [ # A list of sources for this office. If multiple sources are listed, the data has been aggregated from those sources. { # Contains information about the data source for the element containing it. "official": True or False, # Whether this data comes from an official government source. "name": "A String", # The name of the data source. }, ], "officialIds": [ # List of keys in the officials object of people who presently hold this office. "A String", ], "name": "A String", # The human-readable name of the office. "level": "A String", # The level of this elected office. One of: federal, state, county, city, other }, }, }