FECo3

A .FEC file parser in rust, with python bindings

Still in alpha.

Related projects

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• FECfile Fairly well maintained parser in python
• FastFEC A FEC file parser in C.
• fec-loader Node.js tools and CLI to discover, convert and load raw FEC filings into a database.
• Fech Ruby downloader and parser. Moderately recently maintained?
• fech-sources Schema definitions for the various line codes. Used by Fech and some other parsers.
• nyt-pyfec Old, unmaintained python parser
• fec2json Not complete parser written in python

Bibliography

Parsing FEC files is an obscure, poorly documented task.

The FEC publishes technical documentation for the files.

1. Go to https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
2. Expand the "Electronically filed reports (.fec files)" section.
3. Click the download link.
4. Do the same for the "Paper filed reports (.fec files)" section.