get_specific_subcommittee: Get a Specific Subcommittee

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

Get a Specific Subcommittee

Description

To get information about a single Senate or House subcommittee, including the members of that subcommittee, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/chamber/committees/committee-id/subcommittees/subcommittee-id.json

Usage

get_specific_subcommittee(
  congress,
  chamber,
  committee_id,
  subcommittee_id,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

congress	114-116
chamber	house or senate or joint
committee_id	Optional committee abbreviation, for example HSAG. Use the full committees response to find abbreviations.
subcommittee_id	Optional sub-committee abbreviation, for example HSAG. Use the full committees response to find abbreviations.
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 hearings and supports pagination.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_specific_subcommittee(115, 'house', 'HSAS', 'HSAS28')
get_specific_subcommittee(115, 'house', 
lists_of_committees(115, "senate")$results[[1]]$committees[[2]]$id,
lists_of_committees(115, "senate")$results[[1]]$committees[[2]]$subcommittees[[1]]$id)

## End(Not run)

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