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Update OpenSecrets.org API module to reflect current structure #2

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@nhfruchter nhfruchter commented Feb 25, 2017

Changes made:

  1. Make the Python API interface more Pythonic
  2. Use requests instead of urllib to reduce chance of error, better support adding parameters.
  3. Update documentation and inline API docs to docstrings.
  4. Update API endpoint from stale URL to current one.
  5. Support doc, xml outputs instead of just JSON.
  6. Add independentExpend API call.

Nathaniel Fruchter added 6 commits February 25, 2017 15:00
Add requests to requirements
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Update documentation to reflect new class structure
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Use requests for API calls; structure class to not use staticmethod f…
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…or calls

* Use requests and requests.get() instead of urllib
* Change to class constructors and __init__ to specify options and API
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* Lets user specify output format (not just JSON / python dict)
Merge branch 'use-requests'
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Add new independentExpend API call
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Add API call docstrings
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