# OpenSecrets Political Action Committees Scraper (`parseforge/opensecrets-pacs-scraper`) Actor

Monitor public records from Opensecrets Pacs with identifiers, dates, parties, descriptions, status flags and direct links to source filings. Trusted by compliance, government affairs, due diligence and policy research. Run on demand or on a recurring schedule and feed every row into your favouri.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/opensecrets-pacs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $19.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#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.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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## 🗳️ OpenSecrets Political Action Committees Scraper

> 🚀 **Pull OpenSecrets PACs in seconds.** Production ready, real time data with no manual collection.

Scrape OpenSecrets US Political Action Committee data including PAC name, affiliate, total raised, total spent, contributions to candidates, party split and cycle from the OpenSecrets political money database for political research and journalism.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Data analysts | Build dashboards, monitor changes |
| Compliance teams | Risk screening and audit trails |
| Journalists | Investigative research and reporting |
| Developers | Pipe data into apps via Apify API |

### 📋 What this Scraper does

- Connects to the official public source in real time
- Returns clean, deduplicated records
- Auto paginates through the upstream API or HTML feed
- Normalizes dates, identifiers and codes
- Outputs every record with a `scrapedAt` ISO timestamp
- Supports up to 1,000,000 items per run for paid users

> 💡 **Why it matters.** save engineering hours, get a clean dataset in one run.

### 📊 Data fields

Each record includes: `cycle`, `id`, `imageUrl`, `pacName`, `rank`, `results`, `scrapedAt`, `sourceUrl`, `title`, `totalAmount`, `totalAmountText`, `url`. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

> ⚠️ **Good to Know:** Free users are limited to 10 items per run. Upgrade to a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 items.

### 🚀 How to use

1. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp)
2. Open the OpenSecrets Political Action Committees Scraper in the Apify Console
3. Fill the input or use the prefill
4. Click **Start**
5. Open the dataset in your spreadsheet tool of choice

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|---|---|
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> 💡 **Pro Tip.** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge).

> **⚠️ Disclaimer.** independent tool, not affiliated with the upstream source. Only publicly available data is collected.

### 🆘 Need Help?

If you hit a bug, have questions about setup, or need a scraper we haven't built yet, open our [contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA) or write to parseforge@protonmail.com. We also take on paid custom data projects.

For faster answers, join our [Discord](https://parseforge.co/discord). It's the best place to get support and suggest new actors.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

How many PACs to collect per run.

## `cycle` (type: `string`):

Election Cycle

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "cycle": "2024"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Records produced by OpenSecrets Political Action Committees Scraper.

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/opensecrets-pacs-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 = { "maxItems": 10 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/opensecrets-pacs-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/opensecrets-pacs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/opensecrets-pacs-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Fb7Mk8B1oMdp8hZAU/builds/L8ShGMbODrDAVDEtn/openapi.json