You can access the FEC Campaign Finance Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "recordType": "candidate",
10    "query": "Bernie Sanders",
11    "maxItems": 20,
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("automation-lab/fec-candidates-campaign-finance").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper & Candidate Lookup API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use FEC Campaign Finance Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper API in JavaScript

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper API through CLI

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper OpenAPI definition

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper API

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper: Donors & Committees

scrapers_lat/fec-campaign-finance-scraper

Scrape US federal campaign finance from the OpenFEC API: candidates, committees and itemized contributions. Extract donor name, employer, occupation, amount, date, receipts, disbursements and treasurer contacts. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Scrapers Lat

5.0

FEC Campaign Finance Intelligence

wakey7dev/fec-campaign-finance

Search and normalize US campaign finance data: contributions, committees, and candidates. Free API, no key required.

Chris Wakefield

FEC Campaign Finance | 3 Modes, Official API, No Key

themineworks/fec-campaign-finance

Scrape US federal campaign finance from the official OpenFEC API as clean JSON — search candidates & committees, or pull itemized Schedule A contributions for a committee. No login, no browser needed. Works in Claude, ChatGPT & any MCP agent.

The Mine Works

OpenFEC Campaign Finance Scraper

chrisp1211/openfec-scraper-max

OpenFEC Campaign Finance Scraper. No API key required. Pay only per result; empty or failed runs cost nothing.

Christian Pichichero

FEC Data Scraper

crawlerbros/fec-data-scraper

Scrape FEC campaign finance data - search candidates, committees, filings, and fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission public API.

Crawler Bros

FEC Campaign Finance Data Scraper

crawlerbros/fec-campaign-finance-scraper

Scrape US campaign finance data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) - candidates, committees, contributions, and expenditures. Replaces OpenSecrets (API discontinued April 2025). Free official FEC API, no registration required.

Crawler Bros

5.0

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper

foo121/fec-campaign-finance-scraper

Export US federal campaign-finance contributions (individual donations) by state, committee, employer, occupation, cycle and amount from the official OpenFEC API.

ziv shay

FEC Campaign Finance Crawler - Candidates, PACs & Contributions

jungle_synthesizer/fec-campaign-finance-crawler

Crawl campaign finance data from the FEC. Extract candidates with financial summaries, committees/PACs, and individual contributions. Filter by year, state, party, and office. For political researchers, journalists, and compliance teams.