def donations_helper():
print("donations_helper")
FecApiObj = FECAPI(FEC_APIKEY)
committees = FecApiObj.get_committees()
PPCampFinObj = CampaignFinanceAPI(ProPublica_APIKEY)
PPCongressApi = CongressAPI(ProPublica_APIKEY)
legislator_index = dict()
legislators = PPCongressApi.list_members('house')["results"][0]["members"]
for legislator in legislators:
name = str(legislator['first_name']) + " " + str(legislator['last_name'])
legislator_index[name] = legislator
legislators = PPCongressApi.list_members('senate')["results"][0]["members"]
for legislator in legislators:
name = str(legislator['first_name']) + " " + str(legislator['last_name'])
legislator_index[name] = legislator
print("starting to iterate through superpacs")
donations = []
count = 0
for committee in committees:
if(2016 in committee['cycles']):
try:
indepExpend = PPCampFinObj.get_indep_expends(str(committee['committee_id']))
for expend in indepExpend["results"]:
try:
#expend fo a particular expenditure
expend['committee_id'] = str(committee['committee_id'])
expend['propublica_candidate_id'] = str(legislator_index[expend['candidate_name']]['id'])
donations.append(expend)
except KeyError:
pass
except JSONDecodeError:
pass
count += 1
return donations
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