Sharing your data
Widgets for your website, webhooks and digests, bulk datasets and API keys.
Overview
Widgets
- About widgetsConceptWhat a widget is, who can build one, how drafts and publishing work, and the three ways to take one down.
- Creating a widgetHow toBuild a widget: choose a topic, one record or a collection, its source and options, check the preview, and publish.
- Widget types and optionsReferenceEvery widget type, chart, panel and option the widget builder offers — layouts, columns, windows, themes, accents and limits.
- Opening details inside a widgetConceptWhat happens when a reader clicks a bill, official or meeting in a widget — details in place by default, or plain text when off.
- Scorecard widgetsConceptA scorecard widget shows a scorecard as its Display options set it up, and can let readers filter it — by their address too.
- When CapitolMath changesConceptWidgets and webhooks keep working as you set them up: what reaches them at once, what they keep, and updating an older widget.
- Embedding a widgetHow toPut a widget on your website with the self-sizing snippet or a plain iframe, and control how wide and tall it is.
Webhooks
- About webhooksConceptWhat a webhook watches, nightly digest versus each change, what each status means, the delivery log and signing.
- Creating a webhookHow toBuild a webhook: choose its scope, events and delivery, send a test, and activate it — or try it first with an inspect URL.
- Slack, Teams and email digestsHow toSend a webhook's nightly digest to a Slack or Microsoft Teams channel, or to up to 10 email addresses.
- Webhook event typesReferenceEvery event a webhook can send, when it's sent, and where each kind of delivery can go.