##' Get offices tracked according to type
##'
##' This function is a wrapper for the Office.getOfficesByType() method of the PVS API Office class which grabs a list of offices Project Vote Smart keeps track of according to their type. The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all office type 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 Office.getOfficesByType(officeTypeId)
##' @param officeTypeId a character string or list of character strings with the office type ID(s) (see references for details)
##' @return A data frame with a row for each office and columns with the following variables describing the office:\cr offices.office*.officeId,\cr offices.office*.officeTypeId,\cr offices.office*.officeLevelId,\cr offices.office*.officeBranchId,\cr offices.office*.name,\cr offices.office*.title,\cr offices.office*.shortTitle.
##' @references http://api.votesmart.org/docs/Office.html\cr
##' See http://api.votesmart.org/docs/semi-static.html or use Office.getTypes() or Office.getOfficesByLevel() to get a list of office types ID(s). \cr
##' 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
##' @author Ulrich Matter <ulrich.matter-at-unibas.ch>
##' @examples
##' # First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as an option
##' # (options("pvs.key" = "yourkey")) or in the pvs.key variable:
##' \dontrun{pvs.key <- "yourkey"}
##' # get offices tracked for certain office types
##' \dontrun{offices <- Office.getOfficesByType(list("S","K","L"))}
##' \dontrun{head(offices)}
##' @export
Office.getOfficesByType <-
function (officeTypeId) {
# internal function
Office.getOfficesByType.basic <-
function (.officeTypeId) {
request <- "Office.getOfficesByType?"
inputs <- paste("&officeTypeId=",.officeTypeId,sep="")
output <- pvsRequest4(request,inputs)
return(output)
}
# Main function
output.list <- lapply(officeTypeId, FUN= function (s) {
Office.getOfficesByType.basic(.officeTypeId=s)
}
)
output.list <- redlist(output.list)
output <- bind_rows(output.list)
return(output)
}
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