Missouri House of Representatives: XML Committee List 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.
- This Committee List XML File will be updated on an hourly schedule, then uploaded to the server. The job is scheduled so that scripts run on the hour should pick up the latest version.
- 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 Format:
- Committee - The top level element for each Committee.
- ID - occurs once per document and includes the Committee identification number.
- Type - occurs once per document. Identifies the type of Committee. (eg. Admin and Review, Standing)
- Name - Identifies the Committee's name.
- CommitteeMembers - The top level element for the Committee's Members.
- CommitteeMember - The top level element for each Committee Member.
- MemberName - The Name of the Committee Member (eg. Hannah Kelly).
- MemberDistrict - The Committee Member's District (eg. 083, 141).
- PositionName - The Committee Member's Position in the Committee (eg. Chair, Vice-Chair, Member).
- Chamber - The Committee Member's Legislative Chamber (eg. H or S meaning House or Senate).