HTTP request
GET https://api.wevoteusa.org/apis/v1/positionSupportCountForBallotItem (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 |
| kind_of_ballot_item | string | The kind of ballot item we want the support count for. (kind_of_ballot_item is either "CANDIDATE", "POLITICIAN" or "MEASURE") |
| ballot_item_id | integer | The unique internal identifier of the ballot item we want the support count for. (either ballot_item_id OR ballot_item_we_vote_id required -- not both. If it exists, ballot_item_id is used instead of ballot_item_we_vote_id) |
| ballot_item_we_vote_id | string | The unique identifier for this ballot_item across all networks (either ballot_item_id OR ballot_item_we_vote_id required -- not both.) NOTE: In the future we might support other identifiers used in the industry. |
Response
{
"status": string,
"success": boolean,
"count": integer,
"ballot_item_id": integer,
"ballot_item_we_vote_id": string,
"kind_of_ballot_item": string (CANDIDATE, MEASURE),
}
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. |
| UNABLE_TO_RETRIEVE-CANDIDATE_ID_AND_MEASURE_ID_MISSING | Cannot proceed. Neither candidate_id nor measure_id were included. |
| SUCCESSFUL_RETRIEVE_OF_POSITIONS | The number of supports for this ballot item was retrieved. |
| SUCCESSFUL_RETRIEVE_OF_POSITIONS_NOT_FOLLOWED | The number of endorsers that support this ballot item that voter is NOT following. |
Try It Now: API Variables
A single number showing the total supporters for this Ballot Item (Candidate or Measure) from organizations, friends, and public figures this voter follows.