pollstR (version 1.4.0)

pollster_charts: Get list of available charts

Description

Get list of available charts

Usage

pollster_charts(page = 1, topic = NULL, state = NULL, showall = NULL, convert = TRUE, max_pages = 1)
pollstr_charts(page = 1, topic = NULL, state = NULL, showall = NULL, convert = TRUE, max_pages = 1)

Arguments

page

Page to get. The API returns results in pages of 100.

topic

Only include charts related to a specific topic. See http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/api for examples.

state

Only include charts from a single state. Use 2-letter state abbreviations. "US" will return all national charts.

showall

logical Include charts for races that were once possible but didn't happen (e.g. Gingrich vs. Obama 2012)

convert

Rearrange the data returned by the API into easier to use data frames.

max_pages

Maximum number of pages to get.

Value

If convert=TRUE, a "pollster_charts" object with elements

Otherwise, a "list" in the original structure of the json returned by the API.

References

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/api

Examples

## Not run: 
#  # Get charts related to Washington
#  pollster_charts(state = 'WA')
#  # Get national charts
#  pollster_charts(state='US')
#  # Get charts for the topic '2016-president'
#  pollster_charts(topic = '2016-president')
#  # Get all charts
#  pollster_charts()
#  # By default, this only returns the first 100 charts, to get more
#  # set max_pages higher. Use Inf, to ensure you get all.
#  pollster_charts(topic = '2016-president', max_pages = Inf)
# ## End(Not run)