pvsR (version 0.1.1)

Rating.getSig: Get detailed information about a special interest group

Description

This function is a wrapper for the Rating.getSig() method of the PVS API Rating class which dumps detailed information about special interest groups (SIGs). The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all SIG 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

Rating.getSig(sigId)

Arguments

sigId

a character string or list of character strings with the special interest group's ID(s) (see references for details)

Value

• A data frame with a row for each special interest group and columns with variables describing the special interest group. The returned data frame contains a row for each special interest group and columns with the following variables describing the special interest group: sig.sigId, sig.parentId, sig.stateId, sig.name, sig.description, sig.address, sig.city, sig.state, sig.zip, sig.phone1, sig.phone2, sig.fax, sig.email, sig.url, sig.contactName.

References

http://api.votesmart.org/docs/Rating.html Use Rating.getSigList() to get a list of special interest group's IDs.

Examples

# First, make sure your personal PVS API key is saved as character string in the pvs.key variable:
pvs.key <- "yourkey"
# get information about certain special interest groups
info <- Rating.getSig(list(1016,1120))
info