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Published KOUSOU 0 data, CC BY 4.0 — commercial use permitted.

Council cards (with indicators) and score summaries for 342 councils are available via API. The SQL behind each indicator is published. Embed widgets can be dropped in with a single iframe line. Cross-council speech search is currently down. Lawmaker profile search does not exist yet.

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Delivery channels

REST API

JSON / no auth / per-endpoint

CSV / Parquet

Not available yet

Embed widgets

Single iframe / card layout

Reproducible SQL

BigQuery SQL published per report

About API Keys

We do not issue API keys at this time. The endpoints work without authentication.

The published endpoints need no registration and no key. Call them directly. We may add usage-based registration later, but neither the timing nor the method has been decided. For bulk retrieval or questions about usage, please contact us via the inquiry form.

Key Endpoints

Main API endpoints for KOUSOU 0 data.
PathPurposeFormat
/api/municipality/[code]Municipality metadata + scores
Available for 1,153 councils; other codes return 404 (coverage expanding)
JSON
/api/score-summariesScore summaries (bulk)
342 councils where Q&A pairs could be structured
JSON
/api/searchCross-search: speeches, municipalities, lawmakersJSON
/feed.xmlReport update feedRSS 2.0
/llms.txtAI crawler / LLM guidancetext

CSV / Parquet Bulk Download

Not available yet.

Bulk download is not available yet. Score summaries (342 councils) can be retrieved from /api/score-summaries.

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