stortingscrape (version 0.4.1)

get_case: Retreive a parliamentary case

Description

A function for retrieving single parliamentary case by id.

Usage

get_case(caseid = NA, good_manners = 0)

Value

A list with seven data frame elements:

1. $root (main data on the case)

   response_date	Date of data retrieval
   version	Data version from the API
   document_group	Case document group type
   finalized	Whether the case finalized
   reference	Relevant publication references
   id	Case id
   req_text	Recommendation (proposal) text
   committee_id	Id of committee handling the case
   title_short	Case short title
   decision_short	Case decision_short
   parenthesis_text	Case parenthesis text
   case_number	Case number
   session_id	Session id
   proceedings_id	Type of proceeding id
   proceedings_name	Type of proceeding name
   status	Status for case
   title	Case title (long)
   type	Case type
   decision_text	Decision text

2. $topic (the topics related to the case)

   is_main_topic	Is this (row) the main topic?
   main_topic_id	Id for main topic
   id	Topic id
   navn	Topic name

3. $publication_references (references for publications on the case)

   export_id	Id for export of publication (used in ?get_publication)
   link_text	Publication title
   link_url	URL to publication
   type	Publication type
   subtype	Publication subtype (chamber)

4. $proposers (MPs behind case proposal, when relevant)

   mp_id	MPs id
   party_id	Party id of MPs
   sub_mp	Whether MPs are substitutes

5. $proceeding_steps (case proceeding steps)

   step_name	Name of steps
   step_number	Step order for case
   outdated	Whether the step type is outdated

6. $spokespersons (all MPs that are spokespersons for the case)

   mp_id	MPs id
   party_id	Party id of MPs
   sub_mp	Whether MPs are substitutes

7. $keywords (all keywords associated with the case)

   keyword	Keywords for the case

Arguments

caseid

Character string indicating the id of the case to request

good_manners

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

See Also

get_session_cases

Examples

if (FALSE) {

# Get one case
case <- get_case("30233")
case

# Get multiple cases
cases <- lapply(c("30233", "30362", "30234", "30236"), get_case, good_manners = 2)
cases_root <- lapply(cases, function(x) x$root)
cases_root <- do.call(rbind, cases_root)
cases_root

cases_keywords <- lapply(1:nrow(cases_root), function(x){
  tmp <- cases[[x]]$keywords
  tmp$case_id <- cases_root$id[x]
  return(tmp)
})
cases_keywords <- do.call(rbind, cases_keywords)
cases_keywords

}