Add more API handlers

[jpmckinney]

At time of writing, no other APIs are listed in Social Network Analysis Project Survey.

We can also add PMO APIs.

• OpenCorporates
• OpenOil
• CorpWatch
• LittleSis (US)
• Poderopedia (CL)
• OpenDuka (KE)
• Grano deployments
  • OpenInterests.eu (EU)
  • Siyazana (ZA)
• WikiData
  • Scope requests to politicians, organizations, corporate groupings
• Party Time API (US)
• Realtime FEC API (US)
• OpenSecrets (US)
• FollowTheMoney (US)
• USASpending.gov (US)
• EPA ECHO (US)
• Regulations.gov (US)

Need to make quick APIs for the following. See JSON File API. jq for JSON is C++ code without any bindings from other languages. q for CSV requires some work to be used from within Python.

• EveryPolitician (easier to build a quick API using CSVs, see EveryPolitician compilation #21)
• Quíen Manda (SE)
  • can change endpoint (entities, people, or organizations) based on type parameter
• WhoDoTheyServe
  • http://wdts-dizzib0.rhcloud.com/api/nodes
• a HÁLÓ (HU)
  • http://ahalo.hu/people.json (not responding)
  • http://ahalo.hu/organizations.json (not responding)

Skipped databases

• ✖ Structr graphs
  • We don't know anyone using it for influence data
• ✖ DocumentCloud API
  • Workshop feedback, but document-based, so fits in better with the News Challenge proposal
• ✖ Generic Solr/ElasticSearch
  • Workshop feedback, but direct, public access to the database is unlikely
• ✖ CrunchBase
  • API access is for paid licensees

Search pages

Some services offer only a search interface with faceting. The gem can still implement a request handler to generate an appropriate URL, which users can use to access the service with filters already set. These request handlers would likely require more maintenance, as search interfaces are less stable than APIs. The response handler can just return the number of results.

Notes

Example relations (as a reminder of what's in scope):

• membership
• officership
• family
• ownership
• transaction (donation, contract, license)
• biography

From OpenCorporates:

• filing (account statement, stock market)
• inspection
• ruling
• mortgage
• financial guarantee
• grant
• asset
• trademark