# Variable epClient`Const`

epClient: EuropeanParliamentClient = ...

Singleton instance of European Parliament API client for global use.

Pre-configured with defaults (15 min cache, 100 req/min rate limit). Recommended for most use cases to share cache and rate limiter across the application.

Environment Variables:

- `EP_API_URL`: Override base API URL
- `EP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS`: Override request timeout in milliseconds (default: `DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS`)

#### Example

    import { epClient } from './clients/europeanParliamentClient.js';
    const meps = await epClient.getMEPs({ country: 'SE' });

#### See

EuropeanParliamentClient

- Defined in clients/europeanParliamentClient.ts:921