Retrieve hearings in specified session

A function for retrieving all hearings in a specified parliamentary session.

Usage

get_session_hearings(sessionid = NA, good_manners = 0, cores = 1)

Arguments

sessionid

Character string indicating the id of the parliamentary session to retrieve.

good_manners

Integer. Seconds delay between calls when making multiple calls to the same function

cores

Integer...

Value

A list with four elements:

1. $root (hearing meta data)

   response_date	Date of data retrieval
   version	Data version from the API
   session_id	Session id

2. $hearing (main data on the hearing)

   deadline_date	Deadline date for hearing
   status	Data version from the API
   hearing_id	Hearing id
   input_deadline	Deadline date for input
   written	Logical indication of whether the input was written
   application_deadline	Deadline date for application to hearing
   start_date	Start date for hearing
   status_pub	Publication status for hearing
   status_info_text	Status information text
   type	Type of hearing
   committee_id	Committee id for committee responsible for hearing

3. $hearing_case_info (named list by hearing id with information on the case(s) belonging to the hearing)

   hearing_id	Hearing id
   case_reference	Text reference for case
   case_id	Case id
   case_short_title	Short title for case
   case_publication	URL for front end web-page publication
   case_title	Full title for case

4. $hearing_date (named list by hearing id with date(s) the hearing was held)

   hearing_id	Hearing id
   date	Date of hearing
   place	Where the hearing was held

See also

get_hearing_input get_hearing_program get_written_hearing_input

Examples

if (FALSE) {

hear <- get_session_hearings("2010-2011")
head(hear$hearing)

}