State.getStateIDs: Get a list of states and their IDs.

In pvsR: An R package to interact with the Project Vote Smart API for scientific research

Description

This function is a wrapper for the State.getStateIDs() method of the PVS API State class which returns a simple state ID and name list for mapping IDs to state names.

Usage

State.getStateIDs()

Value

A data frame with a row for each state:
statelist.list.state*.stateId,
statelist.list.state*.name

Author(s)

Ulrich Matter <ulrich.matter-at-unibas.ch>

References

http://api.votesmart.org/docs/State.html

Examples

# First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as character string in the pvs.key variable:
## Not run: pvs.key <- "yourkey"
# get a list of states with their IDs
## Not run: stateIDs <- State.getStateIDs()
## Not run: stateIDs

pvsR documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:16 a.m.