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districts.getDistrictFromLatLong

districts.getDistrictFromLatLong gets the district that a provided latitude/longitude pair falls within.

Parameters

There are two required parameters for getDistrictFromLatLong:

• latitude: latitude of coordinate
• longitude: longitude of coordinate

Return Value

Districts are returned either in XML or JSON in the format shown below.

Errors

Errors are indicated by setting the HTTP status code to 400 and returning a text string describing the error. The following errors may be encountered in districts.getZipsFromDistrict:

• Missing Parameter - returned if latitude or longitude parameter is not provided
• Point not within a congressional district - Point does not fall within a congressional district

Examples

districts.getDistrictFromLatLong.xml?latitude=35.778788&longitude=-78.787805

<response>
  <districts>
    <district>
      <state>NC</state>
      <number>4</number>
    </district>
  </districts>
</response>

districts.getDistrictFromLatLong.json?latitude=35.778788&longitude=-78.787805

{"response": 
    {"districts": 
        [{"district": {"state": "NC", "number": "4"}}]
    }
}