legislatoR (version 1.1.0)

cld_content: List content of the CLD

Description

Returns a named list of legislatures and sessions available in the CLD. This provides a quick overview of the CLD's scope and valid three-letter country codes, and helps to conventiently loop/map over legislatures and sessions.

Usage

cld_content(legislature = NULL)

Value

A list with names being three-letter country codes and with each element containing a vector that shows the sessions available for a legislature.

Arguments

legislature

An optional character string specifying one or more legislatures. Currently one of ‘aut’, ‘can’, ‘cze’, ‘esp’, ‘fra’, ‘deu’, ‘irl’, ‘sco’, ‘gbr’, ‘usa_house’, or ‘usa_senate’. If NULL (the default), a list with all legislatures and sessions available in the CLD is returned.

Examples

# Get a list of three-letter country codes and available sessions for all countries
overview <- cld_content()
tibble::glimpse(overview)

# Get a list of available sessions for the French Assemblée and the Irish Dail
sessions <- cld_content(legislature = c("fra", "irl"))
tibble::glimpse(sessions)