parseBill-methods: LegiScan Parser Methods - parseBill
In wbuchanan/legiscanR: R interface to the LegiScan API

Description Usage Arguments Value See Also Examples

Generic method for parsing data retrieved from getBill API call

Method for parsing ID data from LegiScan API calls to getBill

parseBill(rawBill, dataframe = FALSE, fullText = "")

## S4 method for signature 'XMLDocumentContent,logical,character'
parseBill(rawBill,
  dataframe = FALSE, fullText = "")

## S4 method for signature 'character,logical,character'
parseBill(rawBill, dataframe = FALSE,
  fullText = "")

`rawBill`	An object with the returned data from the masterList method
`dataframe`	If TRUE method returns multiple data objects to the global environment; if FALSE the method returns a list of data frames
`fullText`	Accepts either "", "state_link", or "url" as arguments; the "" argument is used to skip retrieving the full text of the bill; the "state_link" argument is used to retrieve the full text of the bill from the State's URL provided in the API call response; the "url" argument will attempt to retrieve the full text of the bill from LegiScan.

Returns multiple data frame objects if dataframe = TRUE or returns a list of data frames if the dataframe = FALSE

Other LegiScan API Parser Generics: parseAmendment, parseAmendment,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseAmendment,character-method; parseBillText, parseBillText,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseBillText,character-method; parseMasterList, parseMasterList,XMLDocumentContent,logical,logical,numeric-method, parseMasterList,character,logical,logical,missing-method, parseSessions,character,logical,logical,missing-method; parseQuery, parseQuery,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseQuery,character-method; parseRollCall, parseRollCall,XMLDocumentContent,logical-method, parseRollCall,character,logical-method; parseSessions, parseSessions,XMLDocumentContent,logical-method, parseSessions,character,logical-method; parseSponsor, parseSponsor,XMLDocumentContent,logical-method, parseSponsor,character,logical-method; parseStates, parseStates,XMLDocumentContent,logical-method, parseStates,character,logical-method; parseSupplement, parseSupplement,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseSupplement,character-method

Other LegiScan Parser Methods: parseAmendment, parseAmendment,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseAmendment,character-method; parseBillText, parseBillText,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseBillText,character-method; parseMasterList, parseMasterList,XMLDocumentContent,logical,logical,numeric-method, parseMasterList,character,logical,logical,missing-method, parseSessions,character,logical,logical,missing-method; parseQuery, parseQuery,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseQuery,character-method; parseRollCall, parseRollCall,XMLDocumentContent,logical-method, parseRollCall,character,logical-method; parseSessions, parseSessions,XMLDocumentContent,logical-method, parseSessions,character,logical-method; parseSponsor, parseSponsor,XMLDocumentContent,logical-method, parseSponsor,character,logical-method; parseStates, parseStates,XMLDocumentContent,logical-method, parseStates,character,logical-method; parseSupplement, parseSupplement,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseSupplement,character-method

## Not run: 
# Create object of class LegiScan
myLegiScan <- legiscanR()

# Get the master list to get bill IDs
master <- masterList(myLegiScan, state = "MS")

# Get the bill data for the first bill in the session
theBill <- bill(myLegiScan, master[1,3])

# Parse the XML/JSON formatted data into a data frame
parseBillIDs(theBill)


## End(Not run)