You can access the FEC Data 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "mode": "searchCandidates",
12    "searchQuery": "Trump",
13    "maxItems": 50
14};
15
16// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17const run = await client.actor("crawlergang/fec-data-scraper").call(input);
18
19// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
20console.log('Results from dataset');
21console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
22const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
23items.forEach((item) => {
24    console.dir(item);
25});
26
27// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

FEC Data Scraper API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use FEC Data Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

FEC Data Scraper API in Python

FEC Data Scraper API through CLI

FEC Data Scraper OpenAPI definition

FEC Data Scraper API

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

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper

express_kingfisher/fec-campaign-finance-scraper

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper

Prince Raj

FEC Campaign Finance Intelligence MCP

andrew_avina/fec-intelligence-mcp

Follow the money in US politics — FEC campaign finance data via MCP.

Andrew Avina

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.

BowTiedRaccoon

FEC Campaign Finance Contributions Scraper

parseforge/fec-campaign-finance-contributions-scraper

Extract comprehensive campaign finance contribution data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) OpenFEC API. Retrieves contributor details (name, address, employer, occupation), committee information, contribution amounts, receipt dates, transaction IDs, and links to source PDFs.

ParseForge

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper — Donations & PACs

copious_atoll/fec-campaign-finance

Extract FEC campaign finance data including candidate fundraising, individual donations, PAC contributions, and disbursements. Search by candidate, state, party, election year, or committee. Free API, no proxy needed.

Grim R

FEC Campaign Finance Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/fec-spending-scraper

Search FEC campaign finance data. Get donations, expenditures, PAC contributions, and candidate financials. Essential for political research.

Fortuitous Pirate

Fec Spending Scraper

quarterly_jingo/fec-spending-scraper

Petey Boy

Political Donations Search

hanamira/political-donations-search

Search FEC campaign finance data. Find political donations by donor name or employer. Look up candidate fundraising and PAC finances. Filter by state and election cycle (2016-2024). Official public records from the Federal Election Commission. Track money in politics.