Make partial responses more clear

propublica · Mar 18, 2013 · bffe3d0 · bffe3d0
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@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ <h3 id='methods/bills-search'>/bills/search</h3 id='methods/bills-search'>
 <h2 id='fields'>Fields</h2 id='fields'>
 <p>All examples below are from H.R. 3590 of the 111th Congress, the <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr3590">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> (Obamacare).
 
+</p>
+<p><strong>Many fields are not returned unless requested.</strong> You can request specific fields with the <code>fields</code> parameter. See the <a href="index.html#parameters/partial-responses">partial responses</a> documentation for more details.
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 </p>
 <p>* = can be used as a filter
 

diff --git a/source/bills.md b/source/bills.md
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ This searches the bill's full text, `short_title`, `official_title`, `popular_ti
 
 All examples below are from H.R. 3590 of the 111th Congress, the [Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act](http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr3590) (Obamacare).
 
+**Many fields are not returned unless requested.** You can request specific fields with the `fields` parameter. See the [partial responses](index.html#parameters/partial-responses) documentation for more details.
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 \* = can be used as a filter
 
 ```json

diff --git a/source/votes.md b/source/votes.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ This will search votes' `question` field.
 
 ## Fields
 
+**Many fields are not returned unless requested.** You can request specific fields with the `fields` parameter. See the [partial responses](index.html#parameters/partial-responses) documentation for more details.
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 \* = can be used as a filter
 
 ```json

diff --git a/votes.html b/votes.html
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ <h3 id='methods/votes'>/votes</h3 id='methods/votes'>
 
 </p>
 <h2 id='fields'>Fields</h2 id='fields'>
+<p><strong>Many fields are not returned unless requested.</strong> You can request specific fields with the <code>fields</code> parameter. See the <a href="index.html#parameters/partial-responses">partial responses</a> documentation for more details.
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+</p>
 <p>* = can be used as a filter
 
 </p>
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     All examples below are from H.R. 3590 of the 111th Congress, the [Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act](http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr3590) (Obamacare).
+    **Many fields are not returned unless requested.** You can request specific fields with the `fields` parameter. See the [partial responses](index.html#parameters/partial-responses) documentation for more details.
     \* = can be used as a filter
     ```json
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