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bill_text_urls

Get document choices for a specific bill.

This function is used by the Congressional Bills Viewer widget, in OpenBB Workspace, to populate PDF document choices for the selected bill.

When 'is_workspace' is False (default), it returns a list of the available text versions of the specified bill and their download links for the different formats.

Examples​

from openbb import obb
obb.uscongress.bill_text_urls(provider='congress_gov', bill_url='https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1947?')
obb.uscongress.bill_text_urls(provider='congress_gov', bill_url='119/s/1947')

Parameters​

bill_url: str

The base URL of the bill (e.g., 'https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1947?format=json').

• Optional: False

provider: str

The provider name, always 'congress_gov'. This is a dummy parameter.

• Default: congress_gov

• Optional: True

is_workspace: bool

Whether the request is coming from the OpenBB Workspace.

• Optional: True

Returns​

list

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