The Republican Party has an API

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Post by yef » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 2:05 PM UTC

The Republican Party has an API
gop.gov

Re: The Republican Party has an API

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Post by mattdennewitz » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 4:05 PM UTC

one can simply POST into mordor. huh!

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Post by mrinterweb » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 4:30 PM UTC

  
  
	
		
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Re: The Republican Party has an API

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Post by sabat » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 4:39 PM UTC

rich->funnel_money_from_middle_class(hide=[true])

environment->screw(distort_facts=[true])

populus->dictate_christian_lifestyle()

populus->promote_fascism(not_called_fascism_when_we_do_it=[true])

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Post by newt0311 » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 4:49 PM UTC

Nice move.

Re: The Republican Party has an API

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Post by yummyfajitas » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 5:43 PM UTC

Did someone say republicans? I hate republicans so much, and this post looks like a perfect place to complain about them.

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Post by jonursenbach » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 5:50 PM UTC

sabat wrote: post #4

rich->funnel_money_from_middle_class( hide=[true] ) environment->screw( distort_facts=[true] ) populus->dictate_christian_lifestyle() populus->promote_fascism( not_called_fascism_when_we_do_it=[true] )

I'm sure I speak for most of the progressives on HN when I say that we support what you're saying as being the overall GOP agenda, but man... that was just lame.

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Post by tjr » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 5:52 PM UTC

yummyfajitas wrote: post #6

Did someone say republicans? I hate republicans so much, and this post looks like a perfect place to complain about them.

It's not.

Re: The Republican Party has an API

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Post by mileszs » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 5:53 PM UTC

Instead of joking about it, you might find it interesting to actually go browse the available methods, as well as some of the examples. (Link to the examples page: http://www.gop.gov/aboutapi/documentation) Take an honest look at, say, the Perl example. Then browse a few of the methods (on the right hand side) to see what they return.

Although I don't find myself agreeing with the GOP on many issues, I am able to see that this offers real value beyond fodder for programmers who wish to be comedians. If nothing else, I hope to see it driving the momentum to 'open' government.

Re: The Republican Party has an API

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Post by iigs » Tue, Feb 03, 2009, 6:26 PM UTC

committee.members

This method provides all Republican members of standing or subcommittees.

I recognize that this is a party site, but I wonder how much additional work it would have been to capture the non-GOP members and votes. I can't think of a situation where I'd want to know just a fraction of the members of a subcommittee; I'd think if you care you'd care about everyone in it.