Bundestag Speeches

{
  "data": {
    "count": 16,
    "note": "Excerpt = opening of each speech (about 280 characters); full text in the plenary protocol PDF.",
    "returned": 2,
    "speeches": [
      {
        "date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "Frau Präsidentin! Meine Damen und Herren! Ich als Ostdeutsche lese in Ihrem Bericht vor allem eins: Zwischen Ost und West gibt es immer noch Unterschiede – b...",
        "member_id": 182015,
        "party": "Die Linke",
        "pdf": "https://dserver.bundestag.de/btp/21/21099.pdf",
        "plenary_protocol": "21/99",
        "speaker": "Mandy Eißing"
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-10-07",
        "excerpt": "Lernen ist so wundervoll. Ich freue mich, dass der Kollege aus dem Parlamentskreis „Gründung und Start-ups“ – diesen Parlamentskreis darf ich auch leiten – g...",
        "member_id": 175596,
        "party": "BÜNDNIS 90/\u00adDIE GRÜNEN",
        "pdf": "https://dserver.bundestag.de/btp/21/21098.pdf",
        "plenary_protocol": "21/98",
        "speaker": "Katharina Beck"
      }
    ]
  },
  "docs": "https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/",
  "model": null,
  "notice": "Scenario analysis based on published opinion polls. Not a prediction and not a voting recommendation. Coalitions are arithmetic majorities only, not statemen...",
  "project": "Ein Projekt von Karbach.Digital (https://karbach.digital)",
  "source": {
    "parliament_documents": "Deutscher Bundestag (DIP, Plenarprotokolle, Ausschussseiten)",
    "parliament_documents_note": "Official parliamentary documents; speeches are public official works.",
    "polls": "dawum.de",
    "polls_license": "ODbL 1.0",
    "polls_license_url": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/",
    "processing": "polls.karbach.digital (Max Karbach)"
  },
  "uncertainty": null,
  "updated_at": "2026-10-12T06:02:49"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/bundestag/speeches?from=2026-09-01&limit=10&q=Rente'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/bundestag/speeches?from=2026-09-01&limit=10&q=Rente' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.polls.karbach.digital%2Fv1%2Fbundestag%2Fspeeches
const res = await pay("https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/bundestag/speeches?from=2026-09-01&limit=10&q=Rente");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/bundestag/speeches?from=2026-09-01&limit=10&q=Rente")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)