get_recent_official_communications: Get Recent Official Communications

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Get Recent Official Communications

Description

To get lists of official communications to Congress from the president, executive branch agencies and state legislatures to congressional committees, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/communications.json

Usage

get_recent_official_communications(congress, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

congress	114-116 for House, 96-116 for Senate
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 official communications to Congress from the president, executive branch agencies and state legislatures to congressional committees. The data covers communications to the House of Representatives since 2015, and communications to the Senate since 1979.

Examples

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get_recent_official_communications(115)

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