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Bulk Epetition data

Source: R/epetition_tibble.R
epetition_tibble.Rd

Get data on all epetitions submitted to parliament, with the label, sponsor, number of signatures, date created and epetition ID. For greater detail on indidivual epetitions, see epetition().

Usage

epetition_tibble(
  min_signatures = 1,
  max_signatures = NULL,
  status = NULL,
  start_date = "1900-01-01",
  end_date = Sys.Date(),
  extra_args = NULL,
  tidy = TRUE,
  tidy_style = "snake",
  verbose = TRUE
)

hansard_epetition_tibble(
  min_signatures = 1,
  max_signatures = NULL,
  status = NULL,
  start_date = "1900-01-01",
  end_date = Sys.Date(),
  extra_args = NULL,
  tidy = TRUE,
  tidy_style = "snake",
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

min_signatures

The minimum number of signatures required for inclusion in the tibble. Defaults to 1.

max_signatures

The maximum number of signatures required for inclusion in the tibble. If NULL, there is no maximum number of signatures. Defaults to NULL.

status

The status of the petition, either 'open' or 'closed'. If NULL, returns all petitions both open and closed. Defaults to NULL.

start_date

Only includes epetitions created on or after this date. Accepts character values in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format, and objects of class Date, POSIXt, POSIXct, POSIXlt or anything else that can be coerced to a date with as.Date(). Defaults to '1900-01-01'.

end_date

Only includes epetitions created on or before this date. Accepts character values in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format, and objects of class Date, POSIXt, POSIXct, POSIXlt or a nything else that can be coerced to a date with as.Date(). Defaults to the current system date.

extra_args

Additional parameters and queries to pass to API. These queries must be strings and start with "&". See the API documentation or the package vignette for more details. Defaults to NULL.

tidy

Logical parameter. If TRUE, fixes the variable names in the tibble to remove special characters and superfluous text, and converts the variable names to a consistent style. Defaults to TRUE.

tidy_style

The style to convert variable names to, if tidy = TRUE. Accepts any style accepted by to_any_case. Defaults to 'snake'.

verbose

If TRUE, displayes messages on the console on the progress of the API request. Defaults to TRUE.

Value

A tibble with details on electronic petitions submitted to parliament.

See also

epetition()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
x <- epetition_tibble()

y <- epetition_tibble(max_signatures = 500)

z <- epetition_tibble(start_date = "2016-12-01", end_date = "2017-04-25")
} # }