Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples
This function is a wrapper for the Rating.getSigRatings() method of the PVS API Rating class which dumps all ratings (scorecards) by a special interest group. The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all candidate and SIG IDs given as a function input, extracts the XML values from the returned XML file(s) and returns them arranged in one data frame.
1 | Rating.getSigRatings(sigId)
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sigId |
a character string or list of character strings with the special interest group's ID(s) (see references for details) |
A data frame with a row for each special interest group and
columns with the following variables describing the
rating:
sig.sigId,
sig.name,
rating*.ratingId,
rating*.timespan,
rating*.ratingName,
rating*.ratingText.
Ulrich Matter <ulrich.matter-at-unibas.ch>
http://api.votesmart.org/docs/Rating.html
Use
Rating.getSigList() to get a list of special interest
group's IDs.
1 2 3 4 5 | # First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as character string in the pvs.key variable:
## Not run: pvs.key <- "yourkey"
# get ratings of certain special interest groups
## Not run: rating <- Rating.getSigRatings(list(568,1120,1704))
## Not run: rating
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