Find Old Bailey Trials — find_trials • oldbailey

For finding Old Bailey trial data.

Usage

find_trials(
  n_results = "all",
  cat = NA,
  term = NA
  )

Arguments

n_results: The number of results to return. By default, all results are returned.
cat: Find trials pertaining to a category. (optional).
term: Find trials pertaining to a term. (optional).

Value

Dataframe containing API pull of XML addresses for Old Bailey Trials corresponding with the search criteria.

Examples

# Return a dataframe with 5 trials.
trials <- find_trials(n_results = 5)
#> Error: lexical error: invalid char in json text.
#>                                        <!doctype html><html lang="en">
#>                      (right here) ------^
head(trials)
#> Error: object 'trials' not found

# Return a dataframe with 5 trials on deception. 
trials <- find_trials(n_results = 5, cat = "offcat", term = "deception")
#> Error: lexical error: invalid char in json text.
#>                                        <!doctype html><html lang="en">
#>                      (right here) ------^
head(trials)
#> Error: object 'trials' not found