Template:OpenSecrets/doc

See also: Template:OpenSecrets and Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites

Template:OpenSecrets displays an external link to a page at OpenSecrets, a website that tracks and publishes data on campaign finance and lobbying. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters

{{OpenSecrets | user name or number }}

{{OpenSecrets | user name or number | Displayed Name }}

Named parameters

{{OpenSecrets | id= user name or number }}

{{OpenSecrets | id= user name or number | name= Displayed Name }}

Using Wikidata property

{{OpenSecrets}}

{{OpenSecrets | name= Displayed Name }}

Examples

Linking to a profile or page

In this example, the OpenSecrets ID is d000067823 and the link text is Alphabet Inc.:

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary?id=d000067823

* {{OpenSecrets | d000067823 | Alphabet Inc. }}

• Alphabet Inc. on OpenSecrets, a website that tracks and publishes data on campaign finance and lobbying

Using Wikidata

Generally, Wikidata should contain article subjects' OpenSecrets IDs in property OpenSecrets organization ID (P4691), allowing the ID parameter to be omitted:

* {{OpenSecrets}}

* {{OpenSecrets |name=NAME }}

If the Wikidata property is not defined, the output is:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:OpenSecrets in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for OpenSecrets

Generate a link to a OpenSecrets profile in a standard format.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Account ID	id 1	ID of the OpenSecrets account (part of the web page address, for www.OpenSecrets.com/example/ the account id is "example"). This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P4691 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P4691 Example d000067823	Line	optional
Display name	name 2	Display name for the OpenSecrets account Default Name of the page Example Alphabet Inc.	Line	optional

See also

• {{OpenSecrets}} which uses Wikidata property Facebook page ID (P4003)
• OpenSecrets