Missouri House of Representatives: XML Export Instructions
Due to increased load from "scraping" technology used to gather data from our servers, the Missouri House of Representatives has begun generating several
XML files which should allow more efficient download of information while minimizing load on our servers.
- These files will be updated on a schedule, then uploaded to the server. The job is scheduled so that scripts run on the hour should pick up the latest version.
- On each of the Export Files listed below, the date and time of last update is given. To reduce your own bandwidth usage, you may wish to script to only pull documents updated since your last data retrieval.
- Do not automate scripts to pull down information more often than once every half hour. This will not benefit you, and will cause unecessary load.
- Scripts which cause undue load, either by repeated "scraping" of web pages, or excessive polling of the XML Exports may be temporarily blocked at the discretion of House Information Systems.
- This data is made available for public use, however, we do not support technology external to the Missouri House of Representatives.
XML Export Files:
- SessionList.xml - This XML List will provide you with Information for every Legislative Session.
- BillList.xml - This XML List will provide you with the links to each Bills XML File for the Current Session. Using those links, you can then get the individual XML Files for each of the Bills which contains all neccessary Bill Information.
- MemberList.xml - This XML List will provide you with the links to each Current Representative's XML File. Using those links, you can then get the individual XML Files for each of the Representatives which contains all neccessary Representative Information.
- CommitteeList.xml - This XML List will provide you with Information for each House and Joint Committee for the Current Session.
- UpcomingHearingList.xml - This XML File contains information for all hearings from the current day and beyond.
- CalendarList.xml - This XML File contains information for Current House of Representatives Daily Calendar.
- SenateActList.xml - This XML File contains information for House Activity on Senate Bills.
Past Sessions:
Additional Information:
- LR Numbers Explained - How to read and understand the formats of both Bill and Amendment LR Numbers.