A datasette instance for Chicago and Illinois data. Hosted by DataMade.
Data catalog includes:
- Chicago City Council: https://github.com/datamade/chicago-council-scrapers
- Illinois Campaign Contributions: https://github.com/datamade/ilcampaigncash/
- CMAP Legistar: https://github.com/fgregg/cmap-legistar/
Data is updated on a nightly basis via GitHub Actions.
Follow the datasette installation documentation here: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/installation.html#installation
None of the sqlite databases are saved in this repository. You can download one from https://puddle.datamade.us.
Once you do, follow the datasette instructions to run locally: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/getting_started.html#using-datasette-on-your-own-computer
This site is hosted on Google Cloud Run. Here's some useful documentation on how it is set up: