The Federal Election Commission (FEC) offers some of its public data in machine readable format via an Application Programming Interface (API). The FEC provides this service, at its sole discretion, for the benefit of the public. The service is offered subject to acceptance of the terms and conditions contained herein as well as any relevant sections of FEC.gov, FEC’s sale and use policy, FEC’s privacy and security policy and FEC’s acceptable use policy (collectively, the "Agreement").
All of the content, documentation, code and related materials made available to you through the API is subject to these terms. Access to or use of the API or its content constitutes acceptance to this Agreement.
You may use any FEC API to develop a service or service to search, display, analyze, retrieve, view and otherwise get information from FEC data.
All services which utilize or access the API should display the following notice prominently within the application: "This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC)." You may use the FEC name in order to identify the source of API content subject to these rules. Users wishing to include the FEC logo as part of their attribution should obtain written consent from the Agency. You may not use the FEC name, logo, or the like to imply endorsement of any product, service, or entity, not-for-profit, commercial or otherwise.
You may not modify or falsely represent content accessed through the API and still claim the source is FEC.
Your use of the API may be subject to certain limitations on access, calls, or use as set forth within this Agreement or otherwise provided by the FEC. If the FEC reasonably believes that you have attempted to exceed or circumvent these limits, your ability to use the API may be permanently or temporarily blocked. The FEC may monitor your use of the API to improve the service or to ensure compliance with this Agreement.
If you wish to terminate this Agreement, you may do so by refraining from further use of the API. In the event of the user’s violation of any of the terms of this Agreement, or when otherwise deemed reasonably necessary by the FEC, the FEC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate or deny access to and use of all or part of the API. The terms of this Agreement shall survive termination.
The FEC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace this Agreement, in whole or in part. Your continued use of or access to the API following posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those modified terms. The FEC may, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the API. Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
The API is provided "as is" and on an "as-available" basis. The FEC makes no warranty that the API will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted.
In no event will the FEC be liable with respect to any subject matter of this Agreement. Further, the user agrees to indemnify and hold the FEC harmless against all claims arising from use of the API.
You hereby warrant that (1) your use of the API will be in strict accordance with the FEC privacy policy, this Agreement, and all applicable laws and regulations, and (2) your use of the API will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the FEC and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and may only be modified by the posting of a revised version on this page by the FEC.
Any disputes arising out of this Agreement and access to or use of the API shall be governed by federal law.
The FEC's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute waiver of such right or provision,