bundestag-api.md

Bundestag XML API

The German parliament iPhone app "Bundestag" uses XML endpoints at bundestag.de to get fresh data. This guide lists them.

Authentication

Since version 4.2 the iPhone app requires an HTTP basic auth header for new endpoints. For backwards compatibility some old endpoints don't require authentication.

The authentication credentials are:

For version 4.2:

Username: IOS_APP_v4.2.0

Password: 4vbw*x4t9waefhCtzxlJCQ*

User-Agent: Bundestag 4.2 rv:310 (iPhone; iPhone OS 6.1.3; de_DE)

For version 4.2.1:

Username: IOS_APP_v4.2.1

Password: RjKtvXnR6EhX8/xqJGRvQcFGDFWoGGTD

User-Agent: Bundestag 4.2.1 rv:327 (iPhone; iPhone OS 7.0.2; de_DE)

The User-Agent header is not checked.

Endpoints that don't require authentication

https://www.bundestag.de/xml/plenum/index.xml

https://www.bundestag.de/xml/besuche/aktuell/index.xml

https://www.bundestag.de/xml/besuche/index.xml

https://www.bundestag.de/xml/impressum/index.xml

https://www.bundestag.de/includes/datasources/tv.xml

https://www.bundestag.de/includes/datasources/tv2.xml

Example of a biography:

http://www.bundestag.de/xml/mdb/biografien/F/flosbach_klaus_peter.xml

Endpoints that require authentication

https://www.bundestag.de/xml/aktuell/index.xml

https://www.bundestag.de/xml/ausschuesse/index.xml

https://www.bundestag.de/xml/mdb/index.xml

https://www.bundestag.de/xml/mdb/mdbteaser/index.xml