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get_committee_by_name

Get Committee by name


Description

HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/campaign-finance/v1/cycle/committees/search

Usage

get_committee_by_name(NAME, cycle = 2018, page = 1, myAPI_Key)

Arguments

NAME

The name of the committee.

cycle

The election cycle

page

Results come in batches of 20. The page parameter specifies which one to retrieve.

myAPI_Key

API key from Propublica To use the congress API, you must sign up for an API key.

Value

List of returned JSON from endpoint that retrieves ca specific committee by name for a given campaign cycle from the campaign-finance API from ProPublica.

Examples

get_committee_by_name('Americans FOR A BETTER TOMORROW TODAY', 2016)

ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1
GPL-3 | file LICENSE
Authors
Aleksander Dietrichson [aut, cre], Joselina Davit [aut]
Initial release

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