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get_recent_official_communications_by_date

Get Recent Official Communications by Date

Description

o get lists of official communications to Congress on a specific date, use the following function. HTTP Request: GET https://api.propublica.org/congress/v1/congress/communications/category/category.json

Usage

get_recent_official_communications_by_date(
  year,
  month,
  day,
  page = 1,
  myAPI_Key
)

Arguments

`year`	yyyy format
`month`	mm format
`day`	dd format
`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 the 20 most recent results for the specified type: ec (Executive Communication), pm (Presidential Message) or pom (Petition or Memorial).

Examples

get_recent_official_communications_by_date(2018, '03', '21')

ProPublicaR

Access Functions for ProPublica's APIs

v1.1.1

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

Authors

Aleksander Dietrichson [aut, cre], Joselina Davit [aut]

Initial release