HTTP request
GET https://api.wevoteusa.org/apis/v1/officeRetrieve (Jump to "Try It Now")
Required Parameters
Parameter name | Value | Description |
voter_device_id | string | An 88 character unique identifier linked to a voter record on the server |
api_key | string (from post, cookie, or get (in that order)) | The unique key provided to any organization using the WeVoteServer APIs |
office_id | integer | The unique internal identifier for this office (either office_id OR office_we_vote_id required -- not both. If it exists, office_id is used instead of office_we_vote_id) |
office_we_vote_id | string | The unique identifier for this office across all networks (either office_id OR office_we_vote_id required -- not both.) NOTE: In the future we might support other identifiers used in the industry. |
Response
{ "status": string, "success": boolean, "ballot_item_display_name": string, "ballotpedia_id": string, "ballotpedia_office_id": integer, "ballotpedia_office_name": string, "ballotpedia_office_url": string, "ballotpedia_race_id": integer, "ballotpedia_race_office_level": string, "district_name": string, "google_civic_election_id": integer, "id": integer, "kind_of_ballot_item": string (CANDIDATE, MEASURE), "last_updated": string (time in this format %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S), "maplight_id": string, "number_voting_for": integer, "number_elected": integer, "ocd_division_id": string, "primary_party": string, "race_office_level": string, "state_code": string, "we_vote_id": string, "wikipedia_id": string, }
Response Status Codes
Code | Description |
VALID_VOTER_DEVICE_ID_MISSING | Cannot proceed. A valid voter_device_id parameter was not included. |
VALID_VOTER_ID_MISSING | Cannot proceed. A valid voter_id was not found. |
Try It Now: API Variables
Retrieve detailed information about one office.