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Developer info
- Description
- This Trigger fires on each legislator's birthday. Wish them a happy day!
- API endpoint slug
- propublica.congress-birthdays
Trigger fields
No fields for this trigger
Ingredients
NameName and title of the legislator.
- Slug
- name
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.Name
- Type
- String
- Example
- Sen. Barbara Mikulski
StateState and district the legislator represents.
- Slug
- state
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.State
- Type
- String
- Example
- MD-06
PartyThe legislator's party affiliation.
- Slug
- party
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.Party
- Type
- String
- Example
- R
Twitter usernameThe legislator's Twitter username.
- Slug
- twitter_username
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.TwitterUsername
- Type
- String
- Example
- SpeakerBoehner
AgeThe age of the legislator.
- Slug
- age
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.Age
- Type
- String
- Example
- 84
Birth yearThe year the legislator was born.
- Slug
- birth_year
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.BirthYear
- Type
- String
- Example
- 1947
Birthday dateDate of birth.
- Slug
- birthday_date
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.BirthdayDate
- Type
- String
- Example
- November 21st, 1956
Numerical birthday dateDate of birth in numerical format (ISO 8601)
- Slug
- numerical_birthday_date
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.NumericalBirthdayDate
- Type
- String
- Example
- 1956-11-21
DateThe legislator's birthday in the current year.
- Slug
- date
- Filter code
- Propublica.congressBirthdays.Date
- Type
- Date (ISO8601)
- Example
- 2020-07-07