pvsR (version 0.1.1)

State.getStateIDs: Get a list of states and their IDs.

Description

This function is a wrapper for the State.getStateIDs() method of the PVS API State class which returns a simple state ID and name list for mapping IDs to state names.

Usage

State.getStateIDs()

Value

• A data frame with a row for each state: statelist.list.state*.stateId, statelist.list.state*.name

References

http://api.votesmart.org/docs/State.html

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 states with their IDs
stateIDs <- State.getStateIDs()
stateIDs