mp_maindataset {manifestoR} | R Documentation |
Access the Manifesto Project's Main Dataset
Description
Gets the Manifesto Project's Main Dataset from the project's web API or the local cache, if it was already downloaded before.
Usage
mp_maindataset(
version = "current",
south_america = FALSE,
download_format = NULL,
apikey = NULL,
cache = TRUE
)
mp_southamerica_dataset(...)
Arguments
version |
Specify the version of the dataset you want to access. Use
"current" to obtain the most recent, or use
|
south_america |
flag whether to download corresponding South America dataset instead of Main Dataset. This parameter deprecated as the previously separated South America Dataset has been integrated into the Main Dataset from version 2023a onwards. To allow for backward compatibilty old South American Datasets can still be accessed but querying for the most recent South American Dataset will result in an empty dataset. |
download_format |
Download format. If not NULL, instead of the dataset
being returned as an R data.frame, a file path to a temporary file in the specified
binary format is returned. Can be one of |
apikey |
API key to use. Defaults to |
cache |
Boolean flag indicating whether to use locally cached data if available. |
... |
all arguments of |
Details
mp_southamerica_dataset
is a shorthand for getting the Manifesto
Project's South America Dataset (it is equivalent to
mp_maindataset(..., south_america = TRUE)
). It is nowadays deprecated, for
details see explanation in 'south_america' parameter documentation.
Value
The Manifesto Project Main Dataset with classes data.frame
and
tbl_df
Examples
## Not run:
mpds <- mp_maindataset()
head(mpds)
median(subset(mpds, countryname == "Switzerland")$rile, na.rm = TRUE)
## End(Not run)
## Not run:
mp_maindataset(download_format = "dta") %>% read_dta() ## requires package haven
## End(Not run)