#' Retrieve details on councillors
#'
#' \code{get_councillor_details} retrieves detailed data on councillors provided by the WebServices of the Swiss Parliament.
#'
#' @importFrom utils txtProgressBar
#' @importFrom purrr map2_dfr
#'
#' @param councillor_id numeric or character vector of councillor IDs to query.
#' @param lang specifies language. Available are German ("de"), French ("fr"), Italian ("it") and English ("en").
#' @param silent if \code{TRUE}, no progress bar is displayed.
#'
#' @return A tibble with 40 columns, including \code{canton}, \code{birthDate}, \code{committeeMemberships},
#' \code{maritalStatus}, \code{numberOfChildren} and \code{militaryGrade}.
#'
#' @export
#'
#' @examples
#' \donttest{
#' get_councillor_details(councillor_id = c(823, 316))
#' }
get_councillor_details <- function(councillor_id, lang = "de", silent = F) {
# Initiate
if (!silent) cat("Fetching data from http://ws-old.parlament.ch/councillors\n")
# Feedback on progress
if (!silent & length(councillor_id) > 1) {
pb <- utils::txtProgressBar(1, length(councillor_id), style = 3)
} else {
pb <- NULL
silent <- T
}
# Fetch data
res <- purrr::map2_dfr(councillor_id, c(1:length(councillor_id)), get_councillor_detail, prog_bar = pb, lang = lang, silent = silent)
# Return
return(res)
}
#' Retrieve details on all councillors
#'
#' \code{get_councillor_details2} is wrapper around \code{get_councillor_details} and enables the mass retrieval of
#' detailed data on councillors provided by the WebServices of the Swiss Parliament.
#'
#' @param current if \code{TRUE} only current councillors are retrieved.
#' @param lang specifies language. Available are German ("de"), French ("fr"), Italian ("it") and English ("en").
#' @param silent if \code{TRUE}, no progress bar is displayed.
#'
#' @return A tibble with 40 columns, including \code{canton}, \code{birthDate}, \code{committeeMemberships},
#' \code{maritalStatus}, \code{numberOfChildren} and \code{militaryGrade}.
#'
#' @export
#'
#' @examples
#' \donttest{
#' get_councillor_details(current = T)
#' }
get_councillor_details2 <- function(current = FALSE, lang = "de", silent = F) {
# Collecting IDs
if (current) {
if (!silent) cat("\nCollecting IDs from http://ws-old.parlament.ch/councillors/basicdetails\n")
ids <- get_councillors(silent = T)
} else {
if (!silent) cat("\nCollecting IDs from http://ws-old.parlament.ch/councillors/historic\n")
ids <- get_councillors_historic(silent = T)
}
# Fetching data
res <- get_councillor_details(unique(ids$id), lang = lang, silent = silent)
# Return
return(res)
}
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