getDebates: getDebates

In jblumenau/twfyR: R binding for TheyWorkForYou.com API

Description

Fetch Debates (including Oral Questions).

Usage

getDebates(type = NA, date = NA, search = NA, person = NA, gid = NA,
  order = NA, page = NA, num = 1000, complete_call = F)

Arguments

type	One of "commons", "westminsterhall", "lords", "scotland", or "northernireland". (required)
date	Fetch the debates for this date.
search	Fetch the debates that contain this term.
person	Fetch the debates by a particular person ID.
gid	Fetch the speech or debate that matches this GID.
order	(optional, when using search or person) "d" for date ordering, "r" for relevance ordering.
page	(optional, when using search or person) Page of results to return.
num	(optional, when using search or person) Number of results to return (maximum and default is 1000).
complete_call	The twfy API will only seemingly return 1000 results per call. Setting this parameter to TRUE will iterate over the page parameter until all results are collected. Warning: this is a quick way to use up your API call allowance.

Value

data.frame of debates

Examples

getDebates()

jblumenau/twfyR documentation built on Oct. 25, 2019, 7:13 a.m.