Local.getCities: Get cities in a state

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples

Description

This function is a wrapper for the Local.getCities() method of the PVS API Local class which returns a list of cities in a state. The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all state IDs given as a function input, extracts the XML values from the returned XML file(s) and returns them arranged in one data frame.

Usage

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Local.getCities(stateId)

Arguments

stateId

a character string or list of character strings with the state ID(s) (see references for details)

Value

A data frame with a row for each city and columns with the following variables describing the city:
cities.city*.localId,
cities.city*.name,
cities.city*.url.

Author(s)

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

References

http://api.votesmart.org/docs/Local.html
Use State.getStateIDs() to get a list of state IDs.
See also: Matter U, Stutzer A (2015) pvsR: An Open Source Interface to Big Data on the American Political Sphere. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0130501. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130501

Examples

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# First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as an option
# (options("pvs.key" = "yourkey")) or in the pvs.key variable:
## Not run: pvs.key <- "yourkey"
# get a list of cities of a certain state
## Not run: cities <- Local.getCities(list("NY","FL"))
## Not run: head(cities)

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