US Congress Stock Trades

Name: US Congress Stock Trades
Price: 0.00905 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: US Congress

https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/congress/trades

Get US Congress members' financial disclosures and stock trades (member, ticker, transaction type, amount range, and dates), filterable by member, ticker, or date range. Results come newest filing first (by reportedUtc, not tradedUtc), so a recent filing can list trades made years earlier.

Price: From $0.00905USD / call
Method: POST
Response: JSON
Parameters: 0 required · 6 optional

Input

Limit(integer)

125

Maximum number of results to return (1-25, default 25). You are billed per result returned, so a lower limit costs less. Range: 1 to 25.

Ticker(string)

Filter to transactions involving this stock ticker symbol (e.g. NVDA).

EndDate(string)

Latest transaction date to include, inclusive, in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2026-06-01).

LastName(string)

Filter by the congressional member's last name, case-insensitive partial match (e.g. Pelosi).

FirstName(string)

Filter by the congressional member's first name, case-insensitive partial match (e.g. Nancy).

StartDate(string)

Earliest transaction date to include, inclusive, in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2026-01-01).

OutputReady

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Complete the inputs, then click Run.

API README

US Congress Stock Trades API

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "congress/trades", "limit": 5}'

The result is returned in outputs[0].data. Lookups that find nothing fail with a not-found error.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`endDate`	string	No	Latest transaction date to include, inclusive, in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2026-06-01).
`firstName`	string	No	Filter by the congressional member's first name, case-insensitive partial match (e.g. Nancy).
`lastName`	string	No	Filter by the congressional member's last name, case-insensitive partial match (e.g. Pelosi).
`limit`	integer	No	Maximum number of results to return (1-25, default 25). You are billed per result returned, so a lower limit costs less.
`startDate`	string	No	Earliest transaction date to include, inclusive, in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2026-01-01).
`ticker`	string	No	Filter to transactions involving this stock ticker symbol (e.g. NVDA).

Pricing

Billed at the actual cost of each call: about $0.00181 per result returned, up to $0.0462 per request (about $0.00905 for the request above). A call can cost more when the first data source fails and another one answers. Failed calls and lookups that find nothing are not charged.

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Production API

Platform API endpoint

https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/congress/trades

Authorization header

Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY

# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
  -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/congress/trades" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "limit": 5
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
printf '%s\n' "$result"

2. Authentication

Set your SandBase API key in your server environment. Requests use Bearer authentication.

API key environment variable

export SANDBASE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Keep your key on the server. Do not expose it in browser code.

3. Parameters

`limit`integer

Maximum number of results to return (1-25, default 25). You are billed per result returned, so a lower limit costs less.

`ticker`string

Filter to transactions involving this stock ticker symbol (e.g. NVDA).

`endDate`string

Latest transaction date to include, inclusive, in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2026-06-01).

`lastName`string

Filter by the congressional member's last name, case-insensitive partial match (e.g. Pelosi).

`firstName`string

Filter by the congressional member's first name, case-insensitive partial match (e.g. Nancy).

`startDate`string

Earliest transaction date to include, inclusive, in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2026-01-01).

4. Response

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No saved response has been published. Run the API in Playground to inspect its response.

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Questions

FAQ

How do I use the US Congress Stock Trades API?

Send a POST request to https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/congress/trades with your SandBase API key in the Authorization header (Bearer) and the parameters as a JSON body. You can also try it in the Playground on this page without writing code.

How much does the US Congress Stock Trades API cost?

From $0.00905 per call, billed from your SandBase balance. You are only charged for calls you make; there is no subscription.

What parameters does the US Congress Stock Trades API accept?

No parameters are required. Optional: limit (integer), ticker (string), endDate (string), lastName (string), firstName (string) and startDate (string). The Parameters table and the Playground on this page list every field.

What does the US Congress Stock Trades API return?

A JSON response returned in the same HTTP request (synchronous).

Do I need a US Congress developer account or API key?

No. US Congress Stock Trades runs through SandBase, so one SandBase API key covers this endpoint and every other API and model in the catalog. You do not need to apply for US Congress API access separately.