This Choreo retrieves details about individual donors, or a summary of donors from a particular location to a presidential election campaign. The Choreo makes an HTTP request to the NYTimes Campaign Finance Service, which is described at http://developer.nytimes.com/docs/campaign_finance_api#h3-pres-donor-information.
Here's an example of acceptable inputs:
APIKey: {YOUR API KEY}
CampaignCycle: 2012
Zip: 10003
The following is a sample of the JSON information returned by this Choreo:
{
"results": [
{
"candidate_full_name": "Mitt Romney",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 771933,
"donor_address1": "67 E. 11TH STREET, APT. 706",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "NEW YORK",
"transaction_id": "SA17.614815",
"donor_address2": "",
"donation_amount": 500,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": "ATTORNEY",
"donation_date": "2012-01-03",
"donor_last_name": "ABRAMS",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00431171",
"donor_employer": "SKADDEN",
"aggregate_donation_amount": 500,
"donor_first_name": "ELISIA",
"donor_suffix": ""
},
{
"candidate_full_name": "Ron Paul",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 779225,
"donor_address1": "331east 18 St",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "New York",
"transaction_id": "0733170",
"donor_address2": "",
"donation_amount": 250,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": "Writer",
"donation_date": "2011-07-19",
"donor_last_name": "Adamson",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00495820",
"donor_employer": "Self",
"aggregate_donation_amount": 250,
"donor_first_name": "Joseph",
"donor_suffix": ""
},
{
"candidate_full_name": "Barack Obama",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 775668,
"donor_address1": "120 East 12th Street",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "New York",
"transaction_id": "D30597",
"donor_address2": "",
"donation_amount": -100,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": null,
"donation_date": "2012-01-05",
"donor_last_name": "Akhavan",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00431445",
"donor_employer": null,
"aggregate_donation_amount": 0,
"donor_first_name": "Arsalan",
"donor_suffix": ""
},
{
"candidate_full_name": "Barack Obama",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 780234,
"donor_address1": "120 East 12th Street",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "New York",
"transaction_id": "C14197145",
"donor_address2": "",
"donation_amount": 50,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": "Not Employed",
"donation_date": "2012-03-08",
"donor_last_name": "Akhavan",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00431445",
"donor_employer": "Not Employed",
"aggregate_donation_amount": 150,
"donor_first_name": "Arsalan",
"donor_suffix": ""
},
{
"candidate_full_name": "Barack Obama",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 756218,
"donor_address1": "200 Park Avenue South",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "New York",
"transaction_id": "C12351216",
"donor_address2": "8th Floor",
"donation_amount": 250,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": "Writer",
"donation_date": "2011-09-29",
"donor_last_name": "Allen",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00431445",
"donor_employer": "Self-Employed",
"aggregate_donation_amount": 250,
"donor_first_name": "Edward",
"donor_suffix": ""
},
{
"candidate_full_name": "Barack Obama",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 780234,
"donor_address1": "200 Park Avenue South",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "New York",
"transaction_id": "C14830689",
"donor_address2": "8th Floor",
"donation_amount": 250,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": "Writer",
"donation_date": "2012-03-31",
"donor_last_name": "Allen",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00431445",
"donor_employer": "Self-Employed",
"aggregate_donation_amount": 795,
"donor_first_name": "Edward",
"donor_suffix": ""
},
{
"candidate_full_name": "Barack Obama",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 780234,
"donor_address1": "200 Park Avenue South",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "New York",
"transaction_id": "C14969236",
"donor_address2": "8th Floor",
"donation_amount": 295,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": "Writer",
"donation_date": "2012-03-10",
"donor_last_name": "Allen",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00431445",
"donor_employer": "Self-Employed",
"aggregate_donation_amount": 795,
"donor_first_name": "Edward",
"donor_suffix": ""
},
{
"candidate_full_name": "Richard Santorum",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 767129,
"donor_address1": "61 Irving Pl",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "New York",
"transaction_id": "1000009089:1439304",
"donor_address2": "Apt 1A",
"donation_amount": 250,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": "Physician",
"donation_date": "2012-01-13",
"donor_last_name": "Amerling",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00496034",
"donor_employer": "Beth Israel Medical Center",
"aggregate_donation_amount": 350,
"donor_first_name": "Richard",
"donor_suffix": ""
},
{
"candidate_full_name": "Barack Obama",
"candidate_committee": null,
"donor_zip5": "10003",
"filing_id": 780234,
"donor_address1": "808 Broadway Apt 2E",
"donor_prefix": "",
"donor_city": "New York",
"transaction_id": "C14447502",
"donor_address2": "",
"donation_amount": 100,
"donor_state": "NY",
"donor_occupation": "Rating Analyst",
"donation_date": "2012-03-18",
"donor_last_name": "Anderberg",
"donor_middle_name": "",
"committee_id": "C00431445",
"donor_employer": "Standard & Poor's",
"aggregate_donation_amount": 950,
"donor_first_name": "Stephen",
"donor_suffix": ""
}
],
"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",
"offset": 0
}