get_votes_by_date {ProPublicaR}

Get Votes by Date

Description

HTTP Requests: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/chamber/votes/year/month.json

Usage

get_votes_by_date(
  chamber = c("house", "senate"),
  year,
  month,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

chamber

house or senate

year

YYYY format

month

MM format

page

Results come in batches of 20. The page parameter specifies which one to retrieve.

myAPI_Key

API key from Propublica To use the congress API, you must sign up for an API key.

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves all votes for one or both chambers in a particular month s

Examples

## Not run: 
get_votes_by_date('house', 2018, '09')

## End(Not run)