openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: OpenFEC Candidate API
  description: The OpenFEC API is a RESTful web service from the Federal Election Commission supporting full-text and field-specific searches on FEC data including candidates, committees, filings, financial summaries, and transaction schedules. Data are updated nightly.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Federal Election Commission
    url: https://api.open.fec.gov/developers/
  license:
    name: Public Domain (CC0)
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
servers:
- url: https://api.open.fec.gov/v1
  description: Production OpenFEC API
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Candidate
paths:
  /candidate/{candidate_id}:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve a single candidate
      operationId: getCandidate
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CandidateId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A candidate record.
      tags:
      - Candidate
  /candidate/{candidate_id}/totals/:
    get:
      summary: Candidate financial totals
      operationId: getCandidateTotals
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CandidateId'
      - name: cycle
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Aggregated receipts, disbursements, and cash on hand.
      tags:
      - Candidate
  /candidate/{candidate_id}/committees/:
    get:
      summary: Committees associated with a candidate
      operationId: getCandidateCommittees
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CandidateId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Committee records linked to the candidate.
      tags:
      - Candidate
components:
  parameters:
    CandidateId:
      name: candidate_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: A candidate identifier (e.g., P00000001).
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: api.data.gov API key. Use DEMO_KEY for limited testing.