members: Members functions

In rsunlight: Interface to 'Sunlight' Foundation 'APIs'

Description

Members functions

Usage

cg_members(congress, chamber, key = NULL, as = "table", ...)

cg_member(member, key = NULL, as = "table", ...)

cg_members_new(key = NULL, as = "table", ...)

cg_members_state_district(chamber, state, district = NULL, key = NULL,
  as = "table", ...)

cg_members_leaving(congress, chamber, key = NULL, as = "table", ...)

cg_members_votes(member, key = NULL, as = "table", ...)

cg_members_compare_votes(member1, member2, congress, chamber, key = NULL,
  as = "table", ...)

cg_members_compare_bill_sponsors(member1, member2, congress, chamber,
  key = NULL, as = "table", ...)

cg_members_bill_cosponsors(member, type, key = NULL, as = "table", ...)

Arguments

congress	The number of the Congress this update took place during.
chamber	The chamber this update took place in. 'house' or 'senate'.
key	your ProPublica API key; pass in or loads from environment variable stored as PROPUBLICA_API_KEY in either your .Renviron, or similar file locatd in your home directory
as	(character) IGNORED FOR NOW
...	optional curl options passed on to crul::HttpClient. See curl::curl_options()
member, member1, member2	A member ID
state	A two character state code
district	House of Representatives district number (House requests only)
type	Type of bill. cosponsored or withdrawn

Value

various things for now, since return objects vary quite a bit among the different members routes

Examples

## Not run: 
cg_members(congress = 115, chamber = "senate")
cg_member(member = 'K000388')
cg_members_new()
cg_members_state_district('senate', 'RI')
cg_members_leaving(congress = 115, chamber = "house")
cg_members_votes('K000388')
cg_members_compare_votes("G000575", "D000624", 114, "house")
cg_members_compare_bill_sponsors("G000575", "D000624", 114, "house")
cg_members_bill_cosponsors("B001260", "cosponsored")

## End(Not run)

rsunlight documentation built on May 1, 2019, 10:18 p.m.