A function for retrieving all cases treated in a specified parliamentary session.
get_session_cases(sessionid = NA, good_manners = 0, cores = 1)A data.frame with the following variables:
$root (main data on the MP)
| response_date | Date of data retrieval |
| version | Data version from the API |
| treated_session_id | Session the case was treated in |
| document_group | Document group the case belongs to |
| reference | Document reference |
| id | Case id |
| com_req_id | Committee recommendation id |
| com_req_code | Committee recommendation code |
| title_short | Short title of case |
| case_filed_id | Id of filed case |
| last_update_date | Date of last update on case |
| status | Status of the case |
| title | Full title of the case |
| type | Type of case |
| session_id | Session id of the case |
| committee_id | Responsible committee id |
$topics (named list by case id)
| is_main_topic | Logical indication whether the topic is the main topic |
| main_topic_id | Id of the main topic for the case |
| id | Topic id |
| name | Topic name |
$proposers (named list by case id)
| rep_id | Proposing MP id |
| county_id | County id of proposing MP |
| party_id | Party id of proposing MP |
| rep_sub | Logical indicator for whether MP is a substitute |
$spokespersons (data frame by case id)
| case_id | Case id |
| rep_id | Spokesperson(s) MP id for the case |
| county_id | County id of spokesperson MP |
| party_id | Party id of spokesperson MP |
| rep_sub | Logical indicator for whether MP is a substitute |
Character string indicating the id of the parliamentary session to retrieve.
Integer. Seconds delay between calls when making multiple calls to the same function
Integer. Number of cores (1 by default) to use in structuring the data. More than 1 will not work on windows
get_case get_vote
if (FALSE) {
s0506 <- get_session_cases("2005-2006")
head(s0506)
}
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