pvsR (version 0.1.1)

Rating.getSigRatings: Get all ratings (scorecards) by a special interest group

Description

This function is a wrapper for the Rating.getSigRatings() method of the PVS API Rating class which dumps all ratings (scorecards) by a special interest group. The function sends a request with this method to the PVS API for all candidate and 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.getSigRatings(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 rating. The returned data frame contains a row for each rating and columns with the following variables describing the rating: sig.sigId, sig.name, rating*.ratingId, rating*.timespan, rating*.ratingName, rating*.ratingText.

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 ratings of certain special interest groups
rating <- Rating.getSigRatings(list(568,1120,1704))
rating