Lobbying Ranking

{
  "data": {
    "by_field_of_interest": {
      "Allgemeine Energiepolitik": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 396421252,
        "organizations": 1397
      },
      "Datenschutz und Informationssicherheit": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 318420732,
        "organizations": 829
      },
      "Digitalisierung": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 387091094,
        "organizations": 1241
      },
      "EU-Binnenmarkt": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 376050935,
        "organizations": 1016
      },
      "EU-Gesetzgebung": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 543181666,
        "organizations": 1853
      },
      "Energienetze": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 297910800,
        "organizations": 898
      },
      "Erneuerbare Energien": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 389981298,
        "organizations": 1483
      },
      "Industriepolitik": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 391661194,
        "organizations": 1352
      },
      "Klimaschutz": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 492141755,
        "organizations": 1981
      },
      "Nachhaltigkeit und Ressourcenschutz": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 512571890,
        "organizations": 2133
      },
      "Verbraucherschutz": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 312210869,
        "organizations": 954
      },
      "Wettbewerbsrecht": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 345580814,
        "organizations": 896
      },
      "Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 385371758,
        "organizations": 2109
      },
      "Öffentliche Finanzen, Steuern und Abgaben": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 406081017,
        "organizations": 1120
      }
    },
    "by_type": {
      "Arbeitgeberverband": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 8490068,
        "organizations": 72
      },
      "Außenhandelskammer, bilaterale Industrie- und Handelskammer, bilateraler Wirtschaftsverband": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 1260027,
        "organizations": 37
      },
      "Beratungsunternehmen, selbständige Beraterin oder selbständiger Berater": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 29270229,
        "organizations": 302
      },
      "Berufsverband": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 54770526,
        "organizations": 619
      },
      "Kirche oder andere Religions- oder Weltanschauungsgemeinschaft": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 1040014,
        "organizations": 16
      },
      "Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGO)": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 41510241,
        "organizations": 279
      },
      "Plattform, Netzwerk, Interessengemeinschaft, Denkfabrik, Initiative, Aktionsbündnis o. ä.": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 5890192,
        "organizations": 348
      },
      "Privatrechtlich organisierter Zusammenschluss von Kammern": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 4810007,
        "organizations": 9
      },
      "Privatrechtliche Organisation": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 65860394,
        "organizations": 487
      },
      "Privatrechtliche Organisation mit Anerkennung der Gemeinnützigkeit nach Abgabenordnung": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 79801218,
        "organizations": 1481
      },
      "Sonstige juristische Person des öffentlichen Rechts": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 5310031,
        "organizations": 40
      },
      "Unternehmen": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 329721735,
        "organizations": 2061
      },
      "Wirtschaftsverband oder Gewerbeverband/-verein": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 227650705,
        "organizations": 750
      },
      "Wissenschaft, Hochschule oder Forschungseinrichtung": {
        "expenses_at_least_eur": 14780084,
        "organizations": 111
      }
    },
    "note": "expenses_at_least_eur sums the lower bound of each published range; an organisation counts in every field it lists.",
    "organizations_total": 6652,
    "top_spenders": [
      {
        "active": true,
        "detail": "https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/lobbying/R000774",
        "employees_fte": 31.21,
        "fields_of_interest": [
          "Verkehrsinfrastruktur",
          "Straßenverkehr"
        ],
        "fiscal_year": [
          "2025-01-01",
          "2025-12-31"
        ],
        "lobbying_expenses_eur": {
          "from": 15830001,
          "to": 15840000
        },
        "name": "Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V.",
        "register_number": "R000774",
        "register_url": "https://www.lobbyregister.bundestag.de/suche/R000774/87350",
        "regulatory_projects": 135,
        "statements": 198,
        "type": "Wirtschaftsverband oder Gewerbeverband/-verein"
      },
      {
        "active": true,
        "detail": "https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/lobbying/R001211",
        "employees_fte": 75.45,
        "fields_of_interest": [
          "Verkehrsinfrastruktur",
          "Personenverkehr"
        ],
        "fiscal_year": [
          "2025-01-01",
          "2025-12-31"
        ],
        "lobbying_expenses_eur": {
          "from": 12430001,
          "to": 12440000
        },
        "name": "Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.",
        "register_number": "R001211",
        "register_url": "https://www.lobbyregister.bundestag.de/suche/R001211/86523",
        "regulatory_projects": 119,
        "statements": 193,
        "type": "Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGO)"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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": {
    "lobby_register": "Deutscher Bundestag, Lobbyregister (public JSON download of the register search)",
    "lobby_register_note": "© Deutscher Bundestag; amounts are published ranges; organisations only, natural persons excluded",
    "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": "2026-10-18T16:26:35.592+02:00"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/lobbying/ranking?limit=10'

# 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/lobbying/ranking?limit=10' \
  | 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 $0.05 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.05" });
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 $0.05 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.polls.karbach.digital%2Fv1%2Flobbying%2Franking
const res = await pay("https://api.polls.karbach.digital/v1/lobbying/ranking?limit=10");
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 $0.05 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.05"})
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/lobbying/ranking?limit=10")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)