| get_social {legislatoR} | R Documentation |
Fetch 'Social' table
Description
Fetches social media handles and website URLs of legislators for the specified legislature. Requires a working Internet connection.
Usage
get_social(legislature)
Arguments
legislature |
A character string specifying the three-letter country code of the legislature for which data shall be fetched. Currently one of ‘aut’, ‘can’, ‘cze’, ‘esp’, ‘fra’, ‘deu’, ‘irl’, ‘sco’, ‘gbr’, ‘usa_house’, or ‘usa_senate’. |
Format
Data frame with columns (varies by legislature):
wikidataid: Wikidata ID identifying a legislator's Wikidata entry (of class ‘character’).
twitter: Twitter handle (of class ‘character’).
facebook: Facebook handle (of class ‘character’).
youtube: Youtube ID (of class ‘character’).
googlep: Google Plus ID (of class ‘character’).
instagram: Instagram handle (of class ‘character’).
linkedin: LinkedIn ID (of class ‘character’).
website: Personal website URL (of class ‘character’).
Value
A data frame with columns as specified above.
Source
Wikidata API, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page
Examples
# Get entire 'Social' table forthe UK House of Commons
gbr_social <- get_social(legislature = "gbr")
tibble::glimpse(gbr_social)
# Get 'Social' table for members of the UK House of Commons with available TheyWorkForYou ID
gbr_social_subset <- dplyr::semi_join(x = gbr_social,
y = dplyr::filter(get_ids(legislature = "gbr"),
!is.na(theyworkforyou)),
by = "wikidataid")
tibble::glimpse(gbr_social_subset)