# Capitol Trades Scraper (`saswave/capitol-trades-scraper`) Actor

$0.7 / 1000 results. Politicians trade scraper. Get data about the recent trades of your favorite politicians. Monitor trades of Nancy Pelosi with the trade date and the disclosure date from capitoltrades.com

- **URL**: https://apify.com/saswave/capitol-trades-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [SASWAVE](https://apify.com/saswave) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, News
- **Stats:** 175 total users, 12 monthly users, 70.2% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.70 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### Capitol Trades Scraper – Apify Actor

Scrape recent stock trades of U.S. politicians from CapitolTrades.com.

Track trades by politician, ticker, and trade date to monitor activity in real time.

### 🚀 Overview

The Capitol Trades Scraper enables users to:

- Track recent trades of politicians including Senators, Representatives, and other elected officials.

- Get detailed trade information such as trade date, disclosure date, owner, trade type, and trade size.

- Monitor trades of specific politicians, for example, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

- Act quickly by using the data for investment research, financial analysis, or portfolio tracking.

- Scrape CapitolTrades.com reliably and output structured JSON for analysis or integration.

This actor is ideal for investors, political analysts, researchers, and financial enthusiasts.

### ⚡ Features

Scrape trades from CapitolTrades.com with a date range filter (e.g., last 90 days).

Collect politician details: name, political family, and profile link.

Retrieve traded issuer information: company name, ticker symbol, and link.

Capture trade details: published date, trade date, disclosure lag, owner, type (buy/sell), size, and price.

Support pagination with max\_page parameter.

### 🔍 Use Cases

Investors & Traders: Monitor recent trades to inform investment decisions.

Financial Analysts: Analyze trading patterns of politicians for research reports.

Political Watchdogs: Track transactions to study potential conflicts of interest.

Portfolio Managers: Compare trades of politicians with market performance.

Journalists & Researchers: Extract data for investigative reporting.

### Output exemple

```json
{
    "politician_name": "Nancy Pelosi",
    "politician_family": "Democrat House CA",
    "politician_link": "https://www.capitoltrades.com/politicians/P000197",
    "traded_issuer_name": "Microsoft Corp",
    "traded_issuer_ticker": "MSFT:US",
    "traded_issuer_link": "https://www.capitoltrades.com/issuers/433382",
    "published": "31 Jul 2024",
    "traded": "26 Jul 2024",
    "filed_after": "4 days",
    "owner": "Spouse",
    "type": "sell",
    "size": "1M–5M",
    "price": "425.27"
}
```

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# Actor input Schema

## `start_urls` (type: `array`):

URL to get trades data from, one per line

## `max_page` (type: `integer`):

Allow to specify at what page number to stop and not get data for all 100 pages

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "start_urls": [
    "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades?pageSize=96&txDate=90d"
  ],
  "max_page": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "start_urls": [
        "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades?pageSize=96&txDate=90d"
    ],
    "max_page": 1
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("saswave/capitol-trades-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "start_urls": ["https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades?pageSize=96&txDate=90d"],
    "max_page": 1,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("saswave/capitol-trades-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "start_urls": [
    "https://www.capitoltrades.com/trades?pageSize=96&txDate=90d"
  ],
  "max_page": 1
}' |
apify call saswave/capitol-trades-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,saswave/capitol-trades-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VyNAX2PeuvQ8UQ7FK/builds/ZiZyyvZylLqLOx7YC/openapi.json