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

Description Usage Arguments See Also Examples

Generic method for parsing data retrieved from getSponsors API call

Method for parsing LegiScan API calls to getSponsor

parseSponsor(theSponsor, dataframe = FALSE)

## S4 method for signature 'XMLDocumentContent,logical'
parseSponsor(theSponsor,
  dataframe = FALSE)

## S4 method for signature 'character,logical'
parseSponsor(theSponsor, dataframe = FALSE)

`theSponsor`	An object with the returned data from the sponsor method
`dataframe`	If TRUE method returns a data.frame object; if FALSE the method returns a tbl_df object

Other LegiScan API Parser Generics: parseAmendment, parseAmendment,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseAmendment,character-method; parseBillText, parseBillText,XMLDocumentContent-method, parseBillText,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; 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; 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; 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 = '')

# Retrieve the Sponsor from the API call
aSponsor <- sponsor(myLegiScan, cleanerBill[["sponsors"]][["people_id"]])

# Parse the sponsor response from LegiScan
legislator <- parseSponsor(aSponsor)


## End(Not run)