hansard (version 0.8.0)

mp_edms: Early Day Motions by MP or Peer

Description

Imports data on early day motions signed, sponsored or primarily sponsored by a given MP or Peer.

Usage

mp_edms(mp_id = NULL, primary_sponsor = TRUE, sponsor = TRUE,
  signatory = TRUE, full_data = FALSE, start_date = "1900-01-01",
  end_date = Sys.Date(), extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE,
  tidy_style = "snake", verbose = TRUE)
hansard_mp_edms(mp_id = NULL, primary_sponsor = TRUE, sponsor = TRUE,
  signatory = TRUE, full_data = FALSE, start_date = "1900-01-01",
  end_date = Sys.Date(), extra_args = NULL, tidy = TRUE,
  tidy_style = "snake", verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

mp_id

The ID number of an MP or Peer. Required parameter, Defaults to NULL. Accepts single IDs in numerical or character format, or a list, data.frame column, etc. If given multiple IDs, the results are combined into a single tibble.

primary_sponsor

Includes all early day motions where the given member is the primary sponsor in the tibble. Defaults to TRUE.

sponsor

Includes all early day motions where the given member a sponsor (but not the primary sponsor) in the tibble. Defaults to TRUE.

signatory

Includes all early day motions signed (but not sponsored or primarily sponsored) by the given member in the tibble. Defaults to TRUE.

full_data

If TRUE, returns all available data on the EDMs signed or sponsored by a member. Defaults to FALSE. Note that this can be a very slow process compared to other hansard functions.

start_date

Only includes early day motions signed on or after this date. Accepts character values in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format, and objects of class Date, POSIXt, POSIXct, POSIXlt or anything else that can be coerced to a date with as.Date(). Defaults to '1900-01-01'.

end_date

Only includes early day motions signed on or before this date. Accepts character values in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format, and objects of class Date, POSIXt, POSIXct, POSIXlt or anything else that can be coerced to a date with as.Date(). Defaults to the current system date.

extra_args

Additional parameters and queries to pass to API. These queries must be strings and start with "&". See the API documentation or the package vignette for more details. Defaults to NULL.

tidy

Logical parameter. If TRUE, fixes 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 any style accepted by to_any_case. Defaults to 'snake'.

verbose

If TRUE, displayes messages on the console on the progress of the API request. Defaults to TRUE.

Value

A tibble with information on the tibbles signed, sponsored and/or primarily sponsored by the given MP.

See Also

early_day_motions()

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# All EDMs primarily sponsored, sponsored or signed by Mike Crockart
x <- mp_edms(
  mp_id = 3967, primary_sponsor = TRUE,
  sponsor = TRUE, signatory = TRUE
)

# Detailed data on all EDMs primarily sponsored by Mike Crockart
y <- mp_edms(
  mp_id = 3967, primary_sponsor = TRUE,
  sponsor = TRUE, signatory = FALSE, full_data = TRUE
)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }