get_votes_by_date_range {ProPublicaR}

Get Votes by date range

Description

HTTP Requests: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/chamber/votes/start-date/end-date.json

Usage

get_votes_by_date_range(
  chamber = c("house", "senate"),
  start_date,
  end_date,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

chamber

house or senate

start_date

YYYY-MM-DD format

end_date

YYYY-MM-DD 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 in a particular date range (fewer than 30 days) s

Examples

## Not run: 
get_votes_by_date_range('house', '2017-01-03', '2017-01-31')

## End(Not run)