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A legislator in Congress has a birthday

This Trigger fires on each legislator's birthday. Wish them a happy day!

About this trigger

Triggers, queries, and actions are the building blocks of Applets. Triggers tell an Applet to start, queries ask a question, and actions are its end result.

Developer info

Description
API endpoint slug
propublica.congress-birthdays

Trigger fields

No fields for this trigger

Ingredients

Name

Slug
name
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.Name
Type
String
Example
Sen. Barbara Mikulski

State

Slug
state
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.State
Type
String
Example
MD-06

Party

Slug
party
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.Party
Type
String
Example
R

Twitter username

Slug
twitter_username
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.TwitterUsername
Type
String
Example
SpeakerBoehner

Age

Slug
age
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.Age
Type
String
Example
84

Birth year

Slug
birth_year
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.BirthYear
Type
String
Example
1947

Birthday date

Slug
birthday_date
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.BirthdayDate
Type
String
Example
November 21st, 1956

Numerical birthday date

Slug
numerical_birthday_date
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.NumericalBirthdayDate
Type
String
Example
1956-11-21

Date

Slug
date
Filter code
Propublica.congressBirthdays.Date
Type
Date (ISO8601)
Example
2020-07-07