Add multiples Bills search endpoint

[Avinamor]

Hello!

We work closely with the Bills part of the API and it became a huge pain using GET /bill/:congress/:billType/:billNumber endpoint.

Please add an endpoint to fetch multiple Bills (a list of bills based on Congress) and a Search endpoint for Bills.
That would make a big impact.

• if you need any help, please let me know. We can do the coding part for you :)

[Gmanicus]

I believe this is what you're looking for: https://api.congress.gov/#/bill/bill_list_by_congress 🙂

However, I don't believe they have a general search endpoint. Did you mean an endpoint to search for bills by title?

[Avinamor]

@Gmanicus thanks for the reply.

We need a general search endpoint. :(
By the way, do you know if the "title" field is static (As I understand that some fields can be updated with time)?

[apreiter18]

We will investigate the feasibility of incorporating a search endpoint for bills, @Avinamor.

The title field is not static; here is a good example: 118 HR 2882

This bill started with an "Official Title as Introduced": To reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

but the official title as agreed to by the House and Senate was: Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

The Congress.gov API has an endpoint that returns all the titles for a bill /bill/{congress}/{billType}/{billNumber}/titles

Here is an example for HR 2882: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2882/titles?api_key=YOUR_KEY

I hope this helps.

[Avinamor]

@apreiter18 Thanks a lot! Will be waiting for updates.