This Choreo retrieves 20 of the most recent independent expenditures in support of or opposition to presidential candidates. The documentation for this New York Times API method can be found here.
Here's an example of acceptable inputs:
APIKey: {YOUR API KEY}
CampaignCycle: 2012
The following is a sample of the JSON information returned by this Choreo:
{
"results": [
{
"unique_id": "9126d2acefcea0871e3fb68c46b4a0c7e17681b2",
"filing_id": 789058,
"district": null,
"fec_committee": "/committees/C00438747.json",
"amount": 50000,
"transaction_id": "SE.788725",
"date": "2012-06-08",
"amended_from": null,
"amendment": null,
"office": "President",
"fec_committee_name": "LIFE AND LIBERTY PAC INC",
"support_or_oppose": "O",
"candidate_name": "BARACK OBAMA",
"date_received": "2012-06-08",
"purpose": "Phone / Mail Communication",
"fec_candidate": "/candidates/P80003338.json",
"payee": "Political Advertising",
"fec_uri": null,
"state": null
},
{
"unique_id": "261d516d1638a3c7b9ef6b1c078017e9785cb972",
"filing_id": 789195,
"district": 0,
"fec_committee": "/committees/C00509893.json",
"amount": 51.19,
"transaction_id": "E2D3914BA2A614B03883",
"date": "2012-06-07",
"amended_from": null,
"amendment": null,
"office": "President",
"fec_committee_name": "NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND",
"support_or_oppose": "O",
"candidate_name": "Barack Obama",
"date_received": "2012-06-09",
"purpose": "Web Page Ads",
"fec_candidate": "/candidates/P80003338.json",
"payee": "FaceBook",
"fec_uri": null,
"state": null
},
{
"unique_id": "ebac0aa338f45f8e293d7066a14b93186b0864ab",
"filing_id": 789037,
"district": null,
"fec_committee": "/committees/C00495010.json",
"amount": 36151.2,
"transaction_id": "30643",
"date": "2012-06-07",
"amended_from": null,
"amendment": null,
"office": "President",
"fec_committee_name": "CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT BARACK OBAMA",
"support_or_oppose": "O",
"candidate_name": "Barack Obama",
"date_received": "2012-06-07",
"purpose": "Media Production",
"fec_candidate": "/candidates/P80003338.json",
"payee": "CulCha Digital Media, LLC",
"fec_uri": null,
"state": "CA"
}
],
"base_uri": "http://api.nytimes.com/svc/elections/us/v3/finances/2012/",
"copyright": "Copyright (c) 2012 The New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved.",
"cycle": 2012,
"status": "OK"
}