get_committee_by_name: Get Committee by name

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Get Committee by name

Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/search

Usage

get_committee_by_name(NAME, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

NAME	The name of the committee.
cycle	The election cycle
page	Results come in batches of 20. The page parameter specifies which one to retrieve.
myAPI_Key	API key from Propublica To use the congress API, you must sign up for an API key.

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves ca specific committee by name for a given campaign cycle from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_committee_by_name('Americans FOR A BETTER TOMORROW TODAY', 2016)

## End(Not run)

ProPublicaR documentation built on Sept. 8, 2023, 5:53 p.m.