FEC Electronic Filing Parser
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FEC Electronic Filing Parser
Parse public FEC electronic filing CSVs into filing summaries and schedule-level JSON rows for campaign-finance research.
FEC Electronic Filing Parser
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Parse public FEC electronic filing CSVs into filing summaries and schedule-level JSON rows for campaign-finance research.
You can access the FEC Electronic Filing Parser 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.
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Used when filingIds is empty or when you want additional filings.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "formTypes": { "title": "Form types", "type": "array", "description": "Optional FEC form types to search, such as F3, F3X, F24, F5, or F99.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "reportYear": { "title": "Report year", "minimum": 1975, "maximum": 2100, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional report year filter for OpenFEC filing search." }, "minDate": { "title": "Minimum receipt date", "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$", "type": "string", "description": "Optional lower bound for OpenFEC receipt date search, formatted YYYY-MM-DD." }, "maxDate": { "title": "Maximum receipt date", "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$", "type": "string", "description": "Optional upper bound for OpenFEC receipt date search, formatted YYYY-MM-DD." }, "maxFilings": { "title": "Maximum filings", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of filing CSV files to download and parse.", "default": 3 }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum dataset items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum filing summaries and parsed CSV rows to emit across all filings.", "default": 20 }, "includeFilingSummaries": { "title": "Include filing summary rows", "type": "boolean", "description": "Emit one metadata summary item per filing before parsed schedule rows.", "default": true }, "includeRawRows": { "title": "Include raw CSV arrays", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include the original CSV field array on each schedule row. 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