stortingscrape (version 0.4.0)

get_mp_pic: Retrieve picture of specific MPs

Description

A function for retrieving Norwegian MP pictures by id.

Usage

get_mp_pic(mpid = NA, size = "middels", 
           destfile = NA, show_plot = FALSE, 
           good_manners = 0)

Value

Picture of the requested MP in the preferred size.

Arguments

mpid

Character string indicating the id of the MP to retrieve.

size

Character string size of the picture. Accepts values "lite" (small), "middels" (medium -- default), and "stort" (big).

destfile

Character string specifying where to save the picture

show_plot

Logical. FALSE (default) if no plot should be produced and TRUE if plot should be produced. Requires the "imager" package.

good_manners

Integer. Seconds delay between calls when making multiple calls to the same function

See Also

get_mp get_parlperiod_mps get_mp_bio

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Request one MP by id
get_mp_pic(mpid = "AAMH", destfile = "~/Pictures/AAMH.jpeg", show_plot = TRUE, size = "stort")

# With good manners for multiple calls
lapply(c("AAMH", "CIH", "TKF"), function(x){
  get_mp_pic(mpid = x, destfile = paste0("~/Pictures/", x), 
  show_plot = TRUE, size = "stort", good_manners = 2)
  })
}