Candidates sub-API

Candidate Search

Required Params

• cycle
• query

Usage

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.search(args, callback)

Example

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.search({‘cycle’:’2000-present’, ‘query’:’obama’}, console.log)

Candidate Details

Required Params

• cycle
• FEC-ID

Usage

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.details(args, callback)

Example

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.details({‘cycle’:’2000-present’, ‘FEC-ID’:’C00431445’}, console.log)

Candidate Leaders By Category

Required Params

• cycle
• category

Usage

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.leadersByCategory(args, callback)

Example

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.leadersByCategory({‘cycle’:’2000-present’, ‘category’:’candidate-loans’}, console.log)

State Candidtates

Required Params

• cycle
• state
• district (The NYT API docs claim this is not required)

Usage

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.stateCandidates(args, callback)

Example

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.stateCandidates({‘cycle’:’2000-present’, ‘state’: ‘MA’, ‘district’:’1’}, console.log)

New Candidates

Required Params

• cycle (Only current campaign cycle is supported)

Usage

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.names(args, callback)

Example

nyt.campaignFinance.candidates.names({‘cycle’:’2014’}, console.log)