pvsR (version 0.1.1)

Local.getCounties: Get counties in a state

Description

This function is a wrapper for the Local.getCounties() method of the PVS API Local class which returns a list of counties in a state. The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all state IDs given as a function input, extracts the XML values from the returned XML file(s) and returns them arranged in one data frame.

Usage

Local.getCounties(stateId)

Arguments

stateId

a character string or list of character strings with the state ID(s) (see references for details)

Value

• A data frame with a row for each county and columns with variables describing the county. The returned data frame contains a row for each county and columns with the following variables describing the county: counties.county*.localId, counties.county*.name, counties.county*.url.

References

http://api.votesmart.org/docs/Local.html Use State.getStateIDs() to get a list of state IDs.

Examples

# First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as character string in the pvs.key variable:
pvs.key <- "yourkey"
# get a list of counties of a certain state
counties <- Local.getCounties(list("NY","FL"))
counties