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+<?php
+
+$API_KEY = "";
+
+?>
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+<?php
+
+include( "openstates/openstates.php" );
+include( "conf/openstates.php" );
+
+$x = new openstates( $API_KEY );
+
+print_r($x->legislators("state=ma"));
+
+?>
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+<?php
+
+class openstates {
+
+    private $api_key;
+    private $urlbase;
+
+    private function queryService( $fn, $args ) {
+        $query_url = $this->urlbase . "$fn/?apikey=" . $this->api_key;
+        foreach ( $args as $key ) {
+            $query_url .= "&" . $key;
+        }
+        return $this->getJSON( $query_url );
+    }
+
+    private function getJSON( $URL ) {
+        $contents = file_get_contents($URL);
+        $contents = json_decode($contents);
+        return $contents;
+    }
+
+    public function __construct($api_key,
+        $urlbase = "http://openstates.org/api/v1/"
+    ) {
+        $this->api_key = $api_key;
+        $this->urlbase = $urlbase;
+    }
+
+    public function __call($method, $args) {
+        if (isset($this->$method) === true) {
+            $func = $this->$method;
+            return $func();
+        } else {
+            return $this->queryService($method, $args);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+?>