get_mp_bio: Extract biography of specific MPs

In stortingscrape: Access Data from the Norwegian Parliament API

Extract biography of specific MPs

Description

A function for retrieving biography of Norwegian MPs from the parliament API

Usage

get_mp_bio(mpid = NA, good_manners = 0)

Arguments

mpid	Character string indicating the id of the MP to retrieve.
good_manners	Integer. Seconds delay between calls when making multiple calls to the same function

Value

A list with ten data frames:

1. $root (main data on the MP)

   response_date	Date of data retrieval
   version	Data version from the API
   id	Id of the MP

2. $literature (all literature the MP contributed to)

   year	Year of entry publication
   description	Description of the publication
   last_name	MP's last name
   more_years	Not described in the API
   publisher	Publisher
   first_name	First name of the MP
   place	Place of publication
   title	Title of the publication
   type	MP's role in publication (author etc)

3. $leave_of_absence (times the MP was on leave)

   from_date	Start date of leave
   reason	Reason for leave
   to_date	End of leave
   type	Type of leave
   sub_last_name	Substitute MP last name (id not recorded)
   sub_first_name	Substitute MP first name

4. $personalia (the MP's personalia)

   seniority_aar	Number of years in parliament
   seniority_dager	Number of extra days (addition to years)
   county_of_birth	Birth county of the MP
   municipality_of_birth	Birth municipality of the MP
   eulogy_date	Eulogy date of the MP, when applicable

5. $father (the MP's father personalia)

   death_year	Father's year of death
   last_name	Father's last name
   birth_year	Father's year of birth
   first_name	Father's first name
   profession	Father's profession

6. $mother (the MP's mother personalia)

   death_year	Mother's year of death
   last_name	Mother's last name
   birth_year	Mother's year of birth
   first_name	Mother's first name
   profession	Mother's profession

7. $parl_periods (parliamentary periods the MP has held a seat)

   from_date	Date MP held seat from
   county	County the MP represented
   party_id	Party id for the MP's party
   rep_number	Representative number (within the whol parliament)
   parl_period_id	Id of the parliamentary period
   to_date	Date MP held a seat to
   type	Type of representation

8. $parl_positions (parliamentary positions held by the MP)

   from_year	Year MP held position from
   from_date	Date MP held position from
   committee_id	Id of the position (in committee, cabinet, delegation, etc)
   committee_name	Position name
   committee_type	Position type
   sorting	Not described in the API
   parl_period_id	Parliamentary period the position was held (cabinet data missing)
   to_year	Year MP held position to
   to_date	Date MP held position to

9. $vocation (vocation and education of the MP outside of parliament)

   several_periods_text	Text description if the vocation was held for several periods
   from_year	Year MP held vocation from
   from_year_unknown	Logical indication for whether the start year is unknown
   note	Note for vocation
   name	Name of vocation
   to_year	Year MP held vocation to
   to_year_unknown	Logical indication for whether the end year is unknown
   type	Vocation type (10 = education, 20 = work)

10. $other_positions (other positions held outside parliament)

    several_periods_text	Text description if the vocation was held for several periods (removed from API)
    from_year	Year MP held vocation from
    from_year_sorting	Not described in API (removed from API)
    from_year_unknown	Logical indication for whether the start year is unknown
    max_to_year	The last possible time the MP held the position (removed from API)
    note	Note for position
    min_to_year	The earliest possible time the MP held the position (removed from API)
    level	Not described in API
    organization	Organization holding the position
    place	Place of the position
    to_year	Year MP held position to
    to_year_unknown	Logical indication for whether the end year is unknown
    type	Position type
    position	Position name/description

See Also

get_mp get_parlperiod_mps get_mp_pic get_session_mp_speech_activity

Examples

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# Request one MP by id
get_mp_bio("AAMH")


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stortingscrape documentation built on May 29, 2024, 10:10 a.m.