Download congress documents

POST

/api/v1/congress/documents/fetch

Last modified:2026-07-19 17:02:27

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OperationId:post_congress_documents_fetch

Download public congress.gov / govinfo.gov document assets (bill / amendment text versions) and return their bytes - base64 for PDF, decoded text otherwise. Body: {"urls": [...]}. Keyless re the congress.gov API (the assets are public) but still behind the Sugra x-api-key. Only https congress.gov / govinfo.gov hosts are allowed.

Request

Authorization

API Key

Add parameter in header

x-api-key

Example:

x-api-key: ********************

Header Params

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Example

{
    "urls": [
        "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1ih/pdf/BILLS-119hr1ih.pdf"
    ]
}

Request Code Samples

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Dart

curl --location 'https://sugra.ai/api/v1/congress/documents/fetch' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "urls": [
        "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1ih/pdf/BILLS-119hr1ih.pdf"
    ]
}'

Responses

🟢200OK

application/json

documents: list of {content, data_format} or {error_type, content, filename}.

Bodyapplication/json

Example

{
    "data": {
        "property1": "string",
        "property2": "string"
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
        "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
        "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
        "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
        "source": "string",
        "attribution": "string",
        "fallback_used": true,
        "fallback_chain": [
            "string"
        ],
        "cached": true,
        "stale": true
    }
}

🟠401Unauthorized

🟠422Parameter Error

🟠429

🔴503Service Unavailable

Modified at 2026-07-19 17:02:27

Single amendment detail

Bill summaries