A function for retrieving single parliamentary questions by id. For retrieving the whole debate over a question, the get_publication function has to be used
Arguments
- questionid
Character string, or a vector of strings, indicating the id of the question to retrieve
- good_manners
Numeric. Seconds delay between calls when making multiple calls to the same function. Note that the Stortinget API is limited to 100 calls per minute (see https://data.stortinget.no/nyhetsoversikt/begrensning-pa-api-kall/).
Value
A data.frame with the following variables:
| justification | Justification for question |
| answ_by_id | Id for answering minister |
| answ_by_minister_id | Id for department of answering minister |
| answ_by_minister_title | Title for department of answering minister |
| answ_date | Date the question was answered |
| answ_on_behalf_of | Id of minister answered on behalf of, when relevant |
| answ_on_behalf_of_minister_id | Id of department answered on behalf of, when relevant |
| answ_on_behalf_of_minister_title | Title of department answered on behalf of, when relevant |
| agenda_number | Agenda number in meeting |
| moved_to | Date moved to |
| id | Question id |
| legacy_id | Question legacy id (only use to match with data downloaded before 10.12.2024) |
| correct_person_id | Not documented in API |
| correct_person_minister_id | Not documented in API |
| correct_person_minister_title | Not documented in API |
| sent_date | Date question was sent |
| session_id | Session id |
| question_text | Full question text |
| response_date | Date of data retrieval |
| version | Data version from the API |
| question_from_id | Id of MP asking the question |
| question_from_county_id | Id of the county of the MP asking the question |
| question_from_party_id | Id of the party of the MP asking the question |
| question_from_deputy | Whether the MP asking the question is a substitute |
| question_number | Question number |
| question_to_id | Id of minister the question was asked to |
| question_to_minister_id | Department id of minister the question was asked to |
| question_to_minister_title | Department title of minister the question was asked to |
| status | Status of the question |
| answer_text | Answer text (often empty) |
| title | Question title |
| type | Question type |
| asked_by_other_id | ID of person that asked the question on behalf of question_from_id |
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# An example of a possible workflow
## Retrieve all interpellations for a particular session
qsesh <- get_session_questions("2012-2013", q_type = "interpellasjoner")
## Retrieve detailed information on all interpellations in that session
int1213 <- get_question(qsesh$id, good_manners = 2)
} # }