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

Description Usage Arguments Value Note See Also Examples

Generic method for parsing data retrieved from getBillText API call

Method for parsing LegiScan API calls to getBillText

parseBillText(theBillText)

## S4 method for signature 'XMLDocumentContent'
parseBillText(theBillText)

## S4 method for signature 'character'
parseBillText(theBillText)

theBillText

An object with the returned data from the billText method

A list object containing metadata and the MIME data retrieved by the API call

The getBillText API call method returns a binary MIME object with any of several document format types. While this may be of interest, it is much easier to retrieve the text data from the cleanBill function with an option specified for the text argument.

Other LegiScan API Parser Generics: parseAmendment, parseAmendment,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseAmendment,character-method; parseBill, parseBill,XMLDocumentContent,logical,character-method, parseBill,character,logical,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; parseBill, parseBill,XMLDocumentContent,logical,character-method, parseBill,character,logical,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 for Mississippi
theMasterList <- masterList(myLegiScan, "MS")

# Parse the XML/JSON formatted data into a data frame
cleanerMasterList <- parseMasterList(theMasterList)

# Get A bill (bill_id is in the 3rd Column of the master list)
aBill <- bill(myLegiScan, cleanerMasterList[1, 3])

# Parse the bill data
cleanerBill <- cleanBill(aBill, dataframe = FALSE, text = 'state_link')

# Retrieve the Bill Text from the API call
legiscanBillText <- billText(myLegiScan, cleanerBill[["texts"]][["doc_id"]])

# Store the API response in new object
aBillText <- legiscanBillText[[1]]

# Parse the bill text response from LegiScan
cleanedBillText <- parseBillText(aBillText)


## End(Not run)