Download dataset archive as a ZIP file

Download a specific dataset as a binary ZIP archive written directly to disk, containing all bills, votes, and people data for the specified session

Usage

getDatasetRaw(
  sessionID = NULL,
  accessKey = NULL,
  file = NULL,
  legiKey = NULL,
  format = "json"
)

Arguments

sessionID

session_id integer value (use session_id from getDatasetList)

accessKey

access_key string value (use access_key from getDatasetList)

file

File path to write the ZIP archive to. Defaults to legiscan_dataset_<sessionID>.zip in the working directory

legiKey

32 character string provided by legiscan

format

File format of the ZIP contents, either "json" or "csv" (case-insensitive)

Value

The path of the downloaded ZIP archive as a character string, returned invisibly. The archive is written to disk.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
getDatasetRaw(sessionID = 1234, accessKey = "abc123def456")
getDatasetRaw(sessionID = 1234, accessKey = "abc123def456", format = "csv")
} # }