Lobbyist Data - Lobbyist, Employer, Client Combinations

Each unique combination of a lobbyist, his/her employer, and a client of that employer. This dataset can be used to see relationships between these three entities. Each has a separate dataset with more detailed information about each lobbyist, employer, or client. See http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/ethics/provdrs/lobby.html for more information on the Board of Ethics' role in regulating and reporting on lobbying in Chicago.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"cityofchicago/lobbyist-data-lobbyist-employer-client-2eqz-3nvz\".\"lobbyist_data_lobbyist_employer_client\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.