In zamorarr/ppcongress: ProPublica Congress API

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ppcongress

The goal of ppcongress is to provide an R interface to ProPublica's Congress API. The following endpoints have been mapped:

• members

The following endpoints are on the roadmap:

• bills
• votes
• statements
• committees

Please file an issue if there are other endpoints you want added.

Installation

You can install the development version of ppcongress from GitHub with:

remotes::install_github("zamorarr/ppcongress")

You also need to sign up to get an API Key from ProPublica's Data Store. Put this key in your .Renviron file by opening it:

usethis::edit_r_environ()

Then adding the following line, replacing XXX with your own key.

PROPUBLICA_API_KEY=XXX

Example

library(ppcongress)

Members

You can get a list of all the members of the 116th congress in the house with the members() function:

json <- members("house", 116)
print(json)

The function as_tibble() will convert this list object to a data frame:

df <- as_tibble(json)
print(df)

Bills

You can get a list of all upcoming bills in the house:

json <- bills_upcoming("house")
print(json)

as_tibble(json)

zamorarr/ppcongress documentation built on Nov. 5, 2019, 1:23 p.m.