R/get_recent_independent_expend.R

In ProPublicaR: Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

#' Get Recent Independent Expenditures
#'
#'  HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/{cycle}/independent_expenditures
#' @inheritParams get_new_members
#' @param cycle The election cycle
#'
#'  @return  List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves  the 200 most recent independent expenditures and optionally can be offset by multiples of 20.
#' @export
#'
#' @examples
#' \dontrun{
#' get_recent_independent_expend(2016)
#' }
get_recent_independent_expend <- function(cycle=2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key){
  API = 'campaign-finance'
  if(!validate_cycle(cycle)){
    stop("Incorrect cycle")
  }
  if(cycle < 2009){
    stop("Incorrect cycle: independent expenditures are from 2009 to present")}
  query <- sprintf("%s/independent_expenditures.json", cycle)
  pp_query(query, API, page = page, myAPI_Key = myAPI_Key)
}