OireachtasAPIWrapper 0.0.2

Python wrapper client for the Oireachtas public API

Oireachtas API Wrapper

Python client maintained by Aaron Bowman for the public Oireachtas API. The package exposes thin helper classes that make it easy to call official endpoints for legislation, debates, members, questions, and other parliamentary data.

Features

• Lightweight wrappers around the official Oireachtas REST endpoints
• Optional convenience wrapper for resolving endpoint names to URLs
• Basic error mapping for common HTTP status codes
• Opt-in helper for file-based logging during local development

Installation

Install from PyPI (or your preferred index):

pip install OireachtasAPIWrapper

Using uv:

uv add OireachtasAPIWrapper

Quick Start

from OireachtasAPI import API

client = API()
response = client.make_request(
    endpoint="https://api.oireachtas.ie/v1/legislation",
    params={"limit": 5},
)

print(response.json())

Enable basic file logging when you need to trace requests:

from OireachtasAPI import configure_logging

configure_logging()

Local Development

Create an isolated environment and install dev dependencies with uv:

uv sync
uv run pytest

If you prefer standard tooling, pip install -e .[test] provides the same dependencies defined in pyproject.toml.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome on GitHub. Please open an issue before submitting large changes so we can coordinate work.

License

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details.