Reference
Changelog
Notable changes to the ViewRoyal.ai API
Current Version: v1.0
This page documents notable changes to the ViewRoyal.ai API, following the Keep a Changelog format.
[1.0.0] - 2026-02-22
Added
- Meetings API: List and retrieve council meetings with agenda items, motions, attendance, and document sections
- People API: Council members and staff with voting records, speaking time, and membership history
- Matters API: Legislative matters tracked across meetings with lifecycle status and linked agenda items
- Motions API: Formal decisions with mover/seconder, vote tallies, and individual roll call votes
- Bylaws API: Municipal legislation with full text, AI summaries, and linked matters
- Search API: Cross-content keyword search across motions, matters, and documents
- OCD Interoperability: Open Civic Data standard endpoints for jurisdictions, organizations, people, events, bills, and votes
- Authentication: API key management via
X-API-Keyheader with per-key rate limiting - Pagination: Cursor-based pagination (v1 API) and page-based pagination (OCD API)
- Developer Portal: API reference documentation, getting started guide, authentication, pagination, and error handling guides