Politician's trades

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": [
    {
      "asset": "NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock",
      "asset_type": "stock",
      "filed_at_date": "2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z",
      "high_value": "5000000",
      "id": "b3f1c2d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d",
      "is_amendment": false,
      "is_etf": false,
      "low_value": "1000001",
      "mid_value": "3000000",
      "name": "Nancy Pelosi",
      "politician_id": "18f9fc95-4661-444e-99f5-99d3778e0c31",
      "ticker": "NVDA",
      "transaction_date": "2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z",
      "transaction_type": "Buy"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "code": "authentication_required",
  "documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
  "expected_format": "uuid",
  "message": "The API token provided is not in the expected format. Unusual Whales API tokens are UUIDs, such as 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000.",
  "reason": "malformed_token",
  "request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
  "retryable": false,
  "support_email": "[email protected]",
  "token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}

{
  "code": "payment_required",
  "documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
  "message": "This API token is paused because the payment for your API subscription failed. Update your card at https://unusualwhales.com/settings. The same token works again once a payment succeeds.",
  "reason": "payment_failed",
  "request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
  "retryable": false,
  "support_email": "[email protected]",
  "token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}

{
  "code": "missing_access",
  "documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
  "message": "The API token provided is valid but is not permitted to access this route.",
  "reason": "route_not_permitted",
  "request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
  "retryable": false,
  "support_email": "[email protected]",
  "token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}

{
  "msg": "Invalid path input: MSFT12 (valid example: AAPL) - Invalid query input(s): date=2023-02-140 (valid example: date=2024-01-18)",
  "path": "/api/darkpool/MSFT12",
  "query": "date=2023-02-140",
  "url": "localhost:4000/api/darkpool/MSFT12?date=2023-02-140"
}

Something went wrong

GET

api

politics

politician

trades

Politician's trades

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/politics/politician/trades")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": [
    {
      "asset": "NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock",
      "asset_type": "stock",
      "filed_at_date": "2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z",
      "high_value": "5000000",
      "id": "b3f1c2d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d",
      "is_amendment": false,
      "is_etf": false,
      "low_value": "1000001",
      "mid_value": "3000000",
      "name": "Nancy Pelosi",
      "politician_id": "18f9fc95-4661-444e-99f5-99d3778e0c31",
      "ticker": "NVDA",
      "transaction_date": "2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z",
      "transaction_type": "Buy"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "code": "authentication_required",
  "documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
  "expected_format": "uuid",
  "message": "The API token provided is not in the expected format. Unusual Whales API tokens are UUIDs, such as 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000.",
  "reason": "malformed_token",
  "request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
  "retryable": false,
  "support_email": "[email protected]",
  "token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}

{
  "code": "payment_required",
  "documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
  "message": "This API token is paused because the payment for your API subscription failed. Update your card at https://unusualwhales.com/settings. The same token works again once a payment succeeds.",
  "reason": "payment_failed",
  "request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
  "retryable": false,
  "support_email": "[email protected]",
  "token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}

{
  "code": "missing_access",
  "documentation_url": "https://api.unusualwhales.com/docs",
  "message": "The API token provided is valid but is not permitted to access this route.",
  "reason": "route_not_permitted",
  "request_id": "GNI_YTC1CRnw2LACGBvE",
  "retryable": false,
  "support_email": "[email protected]",
  "token_url": "https://unusualwhales.com/dashboard/api"
}

{
  "msg": "Invalid path input: MSFT12 (valid example: AAPL) - Invalid query input(s): date=2023-02-140 (valid example: date=2024-01-18)",
  "path": "/api/darkpool/MSFT12",
  "query": "date=2023-02-140",
  "url": "localhost:4000/api/darkpool/MSFT12?date=2023-02-140"
}

Something went wrong

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

limit

integer

default:500

How many items to return. Max: 500. Min: 1. Returns up to 500 when omitted.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 500

Example:

10

date

string

A trading date in the format of YYYY-MM-DD. This is optional and by default the last trading date.

Example:

"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z"

ticker

string | null

Optional ticker symbol to filter results

Example:

"IOVA"

politician_id

string

The Politician's ID that you'd like to filter by.

Example:

"18f9fc95-4661-444e-99f5-99d3778e0c31"

filter_late_reports

boolean

default:false

If true, will filter out any trades with a transaction date after the input date. Only return trades reported more than 45 days after the transaction date.

Example:

true

page

integer

The page number for the data being requested (default is 1). Page number (use with limit). Starts on page 0.

Example:

1

disclosure_newer_than

string

If provided, will only return trades with a disclosure date >= this date. The unix time in milliseconds or seconds at which no older results will be returned. Can be used with older_than to paginate by time. Also accepts an ISO date or RFC 3339 datetime (example: 2024-01-25).

Example:

"1_715_083_417"

disclosure_older_than

string

If provided, will only return trades with a disclosure date <= this date. The unix time in milliseconds or seconds at which no newer results will be returned. Can be used with newer_than to paginate by time. Also accepts an ISO date or RFC 3339 datetime (example: 2024-01-25).

Example:

"1_715_083_417"

transaction_newer_than

string

If provided, will only return trades with a transaction date >= this date. The unix time in milliseconds or seconds at which no older results will be returned. Can be used with older_than to paginate by time. Also accepts an ISO date or RFC 3339 datetime (example: 2024-01-25).

Example:

"1_715_083_417"

transaction_older_than

string

If provided, will only return trades with a transaction date <= this date. The unix time in milliseconds or seconds at which no newer results will be returned. Can be used with newer_than to paginate by time. Also accepts an ISO date or RFC 3339 datetime (example: 2024-01-25).

Example:

"1_715_083_417"

order_by

enum<string>

default:filed_at_date

The field to order the congress trades by. Defaults to filed_at_date.

Available options:

filed_at_date,

transaction_date,

low_value,

mid_value,

high_value

Example:

"transaction_date"

order_direction

enum<string>

default:desc

Whether to sort descending or ascending. Descending by default.

Available options:

desc,

asc

Example:

"asc"

Response

Trades reported by members of congress, with the linked politician where known.

Docs

Endpoints

Politician's trades

Authorizations

Query Parameters

Response