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rsunlight (version 0.7.0)

rsunlight-package: Methods for retreiving data from APIs that were previously under Sulight Labs

Description

The various APIs included here are now managed by ProPublica and OpenStates organizations.

Arguments

Details

You need API keys for Propublica APIs. Get them at https://www.propublica.org/datastore/apis

You need an API key for the OpenStates API. Get it at https://openstates.org/api/register/

We set up the functions so that you can use either env vars, or R options. For env vars, put an entry in your .Renviron file with the names PROPUBLICA_API_KEY and OPEN_STATES_KEY.

Currently we have functions to interface with the following ProPublica API and OpenStates API:

  • ProPublica Congress API (cg)

  • Open States API (os)

NOTES:

  • Capitol Words API is now defunct

  • We will support ProPublica campaign finance API in the future