How do I find my AP Elections API Key?

Log in to your [**AP Developer portal**](https://developer.ap.org/), register for the Elections API, and you will find your API Key in your dashboard. Copy and paste it below.

Does it support real-time vote counts?

Yes. The Associated Press provides official, real-time vote counts and delegate allocations as they are reported on election night.

Can the agent show candidate party affiliation?

Yes. Every candidate record retrieved by your agent includes their party code (e.g., 'Dem', 'GOP') and other relevant affiliation metadata.

AP Elections API MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: AP Elections API
Availability: InStock
Author: Vinkius

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The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect AP Elections API through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.

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python

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

async def main():
    # Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
    async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as mcp_server:

        agent = Agent(
            name="AP Elections API Assistant",
            instructions=(
                "You help users interact with AP Elections API. "
                "You have access to 4 tools."
            ),
            mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
        )

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent, "List all available tools from AP Elections API"
        )
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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About AP Elections API MCP Server

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire political research and election auditing workflow with the AP Elections API, the gold standard for real-time election data. By connecting the Associated Press API to your agent, you transform complex results querying into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly retrieve race outcomes, audit candidate performance, and query vote totals without you ever touching a news terminal. Whether you are conducting political analysis or monitoring local legislative shifts, your agent acts as a real-time political consultant, ensuring your data is always authoritative and up-to-the-minute.

The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 4 tools from AP Elections API through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries AP Elections API, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.

What you can do

Race Auditing — Retrieve high-resolution results for specific election dates and races, including office names and geographic distribution.
Candidate Oversight — Audit individual candidate performance to maintain a clear view of party distribution and vote share.
Electoral Discovery — Query election results by state to understand regional political shifts and scale instantly.
Data Intelligence — Retrieve vote counts and candidate metadata to assist in deep-dive electoral classification.
Operational Monitoring — Check API status to ensure your political research workflow is always operational.

The AP Elections API MCP Server exposes 4 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to OpenAI Agents SDK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect AP Elections API to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the AP Elections API MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents in your Python environment

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.com

Run the script

Save the code above and run it: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent will automatically discover 4 tools from AP Elections API

Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the AP Elections API MCP Server

OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with AP Elections API through the Model Context Protocol.

Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety

Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure

Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate

First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output

AP Elections API + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the AP Elections API MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated workflows: build agents that query AP Elections API, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously

Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries AP Elections API, another analyzes results, a third generates reports

Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through AP Elections API tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop

Customer support bots: agents query AP Elections API to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention

AP Elections API MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (4)

These 4 tools become available when you connect AP Elections API to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP:

check_api_status

Check if the AP Elections API is operational

get_election_results

Get election results for a specific date (YYYY-MM-DD)

get_race_details

Get detailed results for a specific race ID

list_election_candidates

List all candidates participating in an election date

Example Prompts for AP Elections API in OpenAI Agents SDK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with AP Elections API immediately.

"Get election results for '2024-11-05' in 'California' using AP Elections."

"Who are the candidates for the presidential race on '2024-11-05'?"

"Show results for race ID '12345' on election date '2024-03-05'."

Troubleshooting AP Elections API MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK

Common issues when connecting AP Elections API to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCPServerStreamableHttp not found

Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents

Agent not calling tools

Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.

AP Elections API + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ

Common questions about integrating AP Elections API MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?

Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.