ppuzzle — bash
$ |
# Political Puzzle API v2.4.1
status: connected
scope: senate
members: 100
active_coalitions: 23
complexity_index: 0.847
depth: 3
# Analysis complete in 412ms

Political Complexity, Quantified

Open infrastructure for political data analysis. APIs, datasets, and developer tools for modeling legislative networks, coalition dynamics, and policy influence.

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Data API v2.4

REST & GraphQL Endpoints

Query structured political datasets with filtering, pagination, and real-time streaming support. Covers legislative records back to 1973.

GET /v2/members
GET /v2/votes/{bill_id}
POST /v2/analyze/coalition
GET /v2/timeline/{member_id}
Field Type Description
member_id string Bioguide identifier
complexity float Network complexity index
coalitions array Active voting coalitions
Tools CLI

Developer Toolkit

Command-line tools and SDKs for integrating political data analysis into research pipelines and data journalism workflows.

# Install ppuzzle CLI
$ npm install -g @ppuzzle/cli
# Authenticate
$ ppuzzle auth login
# Analyze a legislative network
$ ppuzzle analyze \
--scope senate \
--depth 3 \
--output json
ppuzzle-cli Full-featured terminal client
ppuzzle-py Python SDK with pandas integration
ppuzzle-js Node.js / browser client
Datasets 2024

Political Data Repository

Curated datasets covering voting records, sponsorship networks, campaign finance, and committee assignments across federal and state legislatures.

congress-votes
4.2M records · Updated daily
coalition-networks
892K records · Updated weekly
policy-influence
1.8M records · Updated monthly
state-legislatures
11.4M records · Updated daily