Playing with some congress ideas.

Author: Paul Tagliamonte

examples/congress/ma_legs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+from sunlight import congress
+import json
+import os
+
+obj = json.load(open(os.path.expanduser("~/.location.json"), "r"))
+lat, lon = obj['latitude'], obj['longitude']
+
+
+print(congress.locate_legislators_by_zip("02481"))

examples/congress/who_is_my_rep

@@ -22,12 +22,26 @@ class Congress(sunlight.service.Service):
     def legislators(self, **kwargs):
         return self.get('legislators', **kwargs)
 
+    def locate_legislators_by_lat_lon(self, lat, lon, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.update({
+            "latitude": lat,
+            "longitude": lon
+        })
+        return self.get('legislators/locate', **kwargs)
+
+    def locate_legislators_by_zip(self, zipcode, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.update({
+            "zip": zipcode
+        })
+        return self.get('legislators/locate', **kwargs)
+
     # implementation methods
     def _get_url(self, endpoint, apikey, **kwargs):
         return "%s/%s?apikey=%s&%s" % (
             API_ROOT, endpoint, apikey,
             sunlight.service.safe_encode(kwargs)
         )
 
+
     def _decode_response(self, response):
         return json.loads(response)['results']