get_house_senate_floor_actions_by_date: Get House and Senate Floor Actions by Date

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Get House and Senate Floor Actions by Date

Description

To get the latest actions from the House or Senate floor, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET hhttps://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/chamber/floor_updates/year/month/day.json

Usage

get_house_senate_floor_actions_by_date(
  chamber,
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

chamber	house or senate
year	YYYY format
month	MM format
day	DD format
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 the 20 most recent results for that date and supports pagination using multiples of 20.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_house_senate_floor_actions_by_date('senate', 2017, '05', '02')

## End(Not run)

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