# Capitol Trades Scraper (`saswave/capitol-trades-scraper`) Actor

$0.7 / 1000 results. Politicians trade scraper. Get data about the recent trades of your favorite politicians. Monitor trades of Nancy Pelosi with the trade date and the disclosure date from capitoltrades.com

- **URL**: https://apify.com/saswave/capitol-trades-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [SASWAVE](https://apify.com/saswave) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, News
- **Stats:** 182 total users, 11 monthly users, 80.3% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.70 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### Capitol Trades Scraper – Apify Actor

Scrape recent stock trades of U.S. politicians from CapitolTrades.com.

Track trades by politician, ticker, and trade date to monitor activity in real time.

### 🚀 Overview

The Capitol Trades Scraper enables users to:

- Track recent trades of politicians including Senators, Representatives, and other elected officials.

- Get detailed trade information such as trade date, disclosure date, owner, trade type, and trade size.

- Monitor trades of specific politicians, for example, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

- Act quickly by using the data for investment research, financial analysis, or portfolio tracking.

- Scrape CapitolTrades.com reliably and output structured JSON for analysis or integration.

This actor is ideal for investors, political analysts, researchers, and financial enthusiasts.

### ⚡ Features

Scrape trades from CapitolTrades.com with a date range filter (e.g., last 90 days).

Collect politician details: name, political family, and profile link.

Retrieve traded issuer information: company name, ticker symbol, and link.

Capture trade details: published date, trade date, disclosure lag, owner, type (buy/sell), size, and price.

Support pagination with max_page parameter.

### 🔍 Use Cases

Investors & Traders: Monitor recent trades to inform investment decisions.

Financial Analysts: Analyze trading patterns of politicians for research reports.

Political Watchdogs: Track transactions to study potential conflicts of interest.

Portfolio Managers: Compare trades of politicians with market performance.

Journalists & Researchers: Extract data for investigative reporting.

### Output exemple

```json
{
    "politician_name": "Nancy Pelosi",
    "politician_family": "Democrat House CA",
    "politician_link": "https://www.capitoltrades.com/politicians/P000197",
    "traded_issuer_name": "Microsoft Corp",
    "traded_issuer_ticker": "MSFT:US",
    "traded_issuer_link": "https://www.capitoltrades.com/issuers/433382",
    "published": "31 Jul 2024",
    "traded": "26 Jul 2024",
    "filed_after": "4 days",
    "owner": "Spouse",
    "type": "sell",
    "size": "1M–5M",
    "price": "425.27"
}
```

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# Actor input Schema

## `start_urls` (type: `array`):

URL to get trades data from, one per line

## `max_page` (type: `integer`):

Allow to specify at what page number to stop and not get data for all 100 pages

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "start_urls": [
    "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades?pageSize=96&txDate=90d"
  ],
  "max_page": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "start_urls": [
        "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades?pageSize=96&txDate=90d"
    ],
    "max_page": 1
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("saswave/capitol-trades-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "start_urls": ["https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades?pageSize=96&txDate=90d"],
    "max_page": 1,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("saswave/capitol-trades-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "start_urls": [
    "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades?pageSize=96&txDate=90d"
  ],
  "max_page": 1
}' |
apify call saswave/capitol-trades-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,saswave/capitol-trades-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VyNAX2PeuvQ8UQ7FK/builds/ZiZyyvZylLqLOx7YC/openapi.json