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AI answer to a question, from the documents only, with citations (counts as an AI call). Cached answers to the same question within a day don't use an AI call.

POST https://www.chicagopolitics.org/api/v1/answers

Authorizations

Header	Value
`Authorization`	`Bearer <key>`. Get a key; see authentication.

Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
`question`	string	yes
`kind`	string		One of: `matter`, `meeting`.
`year`	integer

Response

200 Answer

Field	Type	Description
`question`	string
`answer`	string	Cites sources inline as [n]
`citations`	object[]
`model`	string \| null
`cached`	boolean

Example request

curl -X POST "https://www.chicagopolitics.org/api/v1/answers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHICAGO_POLITICS_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question":"What did the City Council approve for Foundry Park?"}'

Errors: 400, 401, 429 (see errors).