Extract biography of specific MPs

A function for retrieving biography of Norwegian MPs from the parliament API

Usage

get_mp_bio(mpid = NA, good_manners = 0)

mpid: Character string indicating the id of the MP to retrieve.
good_manners: Integer. Seconds delay between calls when making multiple calls to the same function

A list with ten data frames:

$root (main data on the MP)
response_date Date of data retrieval
version Data version from the API
id Id of the MP

$literature (all literature the MP contributed to)


year	Year of entry publication
description	Description of the publication
last_name	MP's last name
more_years	Not described in the API
publisher	Publisher
first_name	First name of the MP
place	Place of publication
title	Title of the publication
type	MP's role in publication (author etc)

$leave_of_absence (times the MP was on leave)
from_date Start date of leave
reason Reason for leave
to_date End of leave
type Type of leave
sub_last_name Substitute MP last name (id not recorded)
sub_first_name Substitute MP first name

$personalia (the MP's personalia)


seniority_aar	Number of years in parliament
seniority_dager	Number of extra days (addition to years)
county_of_birth	Birth county of the MP
municipality_of_birth	Birth municipality of the MP
eulogy_date	Eulogy date of the MP, when applicable

$father (the MP's father personalia)
death_year Father's year of death
last_name Father's last name
birth_year Father's year of birth
first_name Father's first name
profession Father's profession
$mother (the MP's mother personalia)
death_year Mother's year of death
last_name Mother's last name
birth_year Mother's year of birth
first_name Mother's first name
profession Mother's profession

$parl_periods (parliamentary periods the MP has held a seat)


from_date	Date MP held seat from
county	County the MP represented
party_id	Party id for the MP's party
rep_number	Representative number (within the whol parliament)
parl_period_id	Id of the parliamentary period
to_date	Date MP held a seat to
type	Type of representation

$parl_positions (parliamentary positions held by the MP)


from_year	Year MP held position from
from_date	Date MP held position from
committee_id	Id of the position (in committee, cabinet, delegation, etc)
committee_name	Position name
committee_type	Position type
sorting	Not described in the API
parl_period_id	Parliamentary period the position was held (cabinet data missing)
to_year	Year MP held position to
to_date	Date MP held position to

$vocation (vocation and education of the MP outside of parliament)


several_periods_text	Text description if the vocation was held for several periods
from_year	Year MP held vocation from
from_year_unknown	Logical indication for whether the start year is unknown
note	Note for vocation
name	Name of vocation
to_year	Year MP held vocation to
to_year_unknown	Logical indication for whether the end year is unknown
type	Vocation type (10 = education, 20 = work)

$other_positions (other positions held outside parliament)


several_periods_text	Text description if the vocation was held for several periods (removed from API)
from_year	Year MP held vocation from
from_year_sorting	Not described in API (removed from API)
from_year_unknown	Logical indication for whether the start year is unknown
max_to_year	The last possible time the MP held the position (removed from API)
note	Note for position
min_to_year	The earliest possible time the MP held the position (removed from API)
level	Not described in API
organization	Organization holding the position
place	Place of the position
to_year	Year MP held position to
to_year_unknown	Logical indication for whether the end year is unknown
type	Position type
position	Position name/description

if (FALSE) {

# Request one MP by id
get_mp_bio("AAMH")

}


from_date	Start date of leave
reason	Reason for leave
to_date	End of leave
type	Type of leave
sub_last_name	Substitute MP last name (id not recorded)
sub_first_name	Substitute MP first name