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refine api key signup page
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api_key_signup_feature_flag = bool(env.get_credential('API_UMBRELLA_SIGNUP_KEY_FEATURE_FLAG', '')) | ||
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"""Narrative API documentation.""" | ||
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API_DESCRIPTION = ''' | ||
This API allows you to explore the way candidates and committees fund their campaigns. | ||
This application programming interface (API) allows you to explore the way | ||
candidates and committees fund their campaigns. | ||
The FEC API is a RESTful web service supporting full-text and field-specific searches on | ||
FEC data. [Bulk downloads](https://www.fec.gov/data/advanced/?tab=bulk-data) are available on the current | ||
site. Information is tied to the underlying forms by file ID and image ID. Data is updated | ||
nightly. | ||
There is a lot of data, but a good place to start is to use search to find | ||
There are a lot of data, and a good place to start is to use search to find | ||
interesting candidates and committees. Then, you can use their IDs to find report or line | ||
item details with the other endpoints. If you are interested in individual donors, check | ||
out contributor information in schedule_a. | ||
Get an [API key here](https://api.data.gov/signup/). That will enable you to place up to 1,000 | ||
calls an hour. Each call is limited to 100 results per page. You can email questions, comments or | ||
If you would like to use the FEC's API programatically, you can sign up for | ||
your own API key below. But, you can still try out our API without | ||
an API key by using the web interface below and making use of a DEMO_KEY. | ||
Signing up for an API key will enable you to place up to 1,000 calls an hour. | ||
Each call is limited to 100 results per page. You can email questions, comments or | ||
a request to get a key for 120 calls per minute to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). You can also | ||
ask questions and discuss the data in the [FEC data Google Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/fec-data). | ||
API changes will also be added to this group in advance of the change. | ||
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