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A C++ client that fetches data from the Congress API using HTTPS

Open pedro-vicente opened this issue 1 month ago • 3 comments
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See README.md for building instructions

Currently, the application will fetch member data and save it to member.json.

An HTTP GET request with the following format is made

GET /v3/member?api_key=API_KEY&limit=1 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.congress.gov
Accept: */*
Connection: close

To do: implement other types of requests according to

https://gpo.congress.gov/

pedro-vicente avatar Sep 20 '25 22:09 pedro-vicente