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API reference · Meetings

List recordings

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GET
/v1/recordings

Meeting videos and audio, and whether a transcript is held. Billed as one records request a page. Filters: jurisdiction, from, to, since, meeting.

Authorization

bearerAuth
headerAuthorizationBearer <token>

htd_test_ (sandbox, free, fictional towns) or htd_live_ (live, billed) key.

Query Parameters

jurisdiction?string

A jurisdiction id.

Match^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,63}$
from?string

On or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

to?string

On or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

since?string

Records read at or after this instant: what is new since your last read.

meeting?string

A meeting id.

Match^[0-9]{1,18}$
limit?integer

Results a page, 1 to 100. Default 25.

cursor?string

next_cursor from the previous page.

Response Body

A page.

application/json
  1. response
query*

The filters as the API read them, defaults included.

as_of*string

ISO 8601 instant, UTC.

results*array<>
next_cursor*|

Pass as cursor for the next page; null on the last.

environment*string

sandbox answers carry fictional towns.

Value in"sandbox""live"
Example Request
curl -X GET 'https://data.heytownhall.com/v1/recordings'
Example Response
{  "query": {    "property1": null,    "property2": null  },  "as_of": "string",  "results": [    {      "id": "string",      "jurisdiction_id": "string",      "meeting_id": "string",      "provider": "string",      "title": "string",      "published_at": "string",      "duration_seconds": 0,      "has_transcript": true,      "source_url": "string",      "read_at": "string"    }  ],  "next_cursor": "string",  "environment": "sandbox"}

List meetings GET

Meetings of councils, boards and committees, newest first. `topic` keeps meetings with an agenda item, motion, document or recording tagged with it. Billed as one records request a page. Filters: jurisdiction, region, country, kind, topic, from, to, since.

List budgets and financial statements GET

Budget and financial statement DOCUMENTS a government publishes (kind budget or financial_statement), with their links: documents, not budget data. The audited statements read into lines are GET /v1/financial-lines. Billed as one records request a page. Filters: jurisdiction, region, country, kind, from, to, since.