hansard (version 0.4.6)

all_answered_questions: Imports data on all answered parliamentary questions.

Description

Imports data on all answered parliamentary questions.

Usage

all_answered_questions(mp_id = NULL, start_date = "1900-01-01",
  end_date = Sys.Date(), extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE,
  tidy_style = "snake_case")

Arguments

mp_id

Accepts a member ID, and returns a tibble with all available questions asked by that member. If NULL, returns a tibble with all available answered questions. Includes both oral and written questions.

start_date

The earliest date to include in the tibble. Defaults to '1900-01-01'. Accepts character values in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format, and objects of class Date, POSIXt, POSIXct, POSIXlt or anything else than can be coerced to a date with as.Date().

end_date

The latest date to include in the tibble. Defaults to current system date. Defaults to '1900-01-01'. Accepts character values in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format, and objects of class Date, POSIXt, POSIXct, POSIXlt or anything else than can be coerced to a date with as.Date().

extra_args

Additional parameters to pass to API. Defaults to NULL.

tidy

Fix the variable names in the tibble to remove special characters and superfluous text, and converts the variable names to a consistent style. Defaults to TRUE.

tidy_style

The style to convert variable names to, if tidy = TRUE. Accepts one of 'snake_case', 'camelCase' and 'period.case'. Defaults to 'snake_case'.

Value

A tibble with details on all answered questions in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

See Also

commons_answered_questions commons_oral_questions commons_oral_question_times commons_written_questions lords_written_questions mp_questions

Examples

# NOT RUN {
x <- all_answered_questions(4019, start_date ='2017-01-01')

x <- all_answered_questions(4019, start_date ='2017-01-01', tidy_style="camelCase")

# }