R/utils-elections.R

In hansard: Provides Easy Downloading Capabilities for the UK Parliament API

# elections tidying -------------------------------------------------------

elections_tidy <- function(df, tidy_style) {
  if (nrow(df) > 0) {
    df$date._value <- as.POSIXct(df$date._value)

    df$date._datatype <- "POSIXct"
  }

  df <- hansard_tidy(df, tidy_style)

  df
}


## election_candidates tidy function -------------------------------------
elect_can_tidy <- function(df, tidy_style) {
  if (nrow(df) > 0) {
    df$election._about <- gsub(
      "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/",
      "", df$election._about
    )

    df$constituency._about <- gsub(
      "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/", "", df$constituency._about
    )
  }

  df <- hansard_tidy(df, tidy_style)

  df
}