OhioApp 🇺🇸 📜 📰

Ohio is a simple way of tracking the Ohio legislature as if it were a simple social media feed.

Working with the Ohio General Assembly's Data

The Ohio General Assembly's backend is open, but not well-documented. The goal of this app is to make that data even more accessible. In general, the API looks like this:

http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/hb16/IN/00?format=json

Application Data Model Design

A general outline of how I intend to model the Ohio General Assembly's data in this application.

• General Assembly
  • Attributes:
    • Number: e.g. 133
    • API Slug: e.g. /solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133
  • Chamber
    • Attributes:
      • Name: House/Senate
      • Bills: Integer
      • API Slug: e.g. /solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/chamber/House
    • Legislator(s)
      • Attributes:
        • Name: String
        • Website: String
        • API Slug: String
      • Vote(s)
        • LegislatorVote
          • Attributes:
            • Legislator ID: Integer
            • Vote ID: Integer
      • Assignment(s)
        • Attributes:
          • Committee ID: Integer
          • Legislator ID: Integer
    • Committee(s)
      • Assignment(s)
        • Attributes: See above.
    • Bill(s)/Resolution(s)
      • Vote(s)
        • Attributes:
          • Position: String (yea, nay, present)
        • LegislatorVote
          • Attributes: See above.