Members of LegCo

Fetch the basic information of LegCo members.

member(member_id = NULL, extra_param = NULL, count = FALSE, verbose = TRUE)

legco_member(
  member_id = NULL,
  extra_param = NULL,
  count = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

member_id

the id of a LegCo member, or a vector of ids. If NULL, returns results of all LegCo members. Defaults to NULL.

extra_param

additional query parameters defined in LegCo API. Must begin with "&".

count

logical: Whether to return only the total count of records that matches the parameter(s) instead of the result. Defaults to FALSE.

verbose

logical: Whether to display progress messages when fetching data? Defaults to TRUE.

Details

This function corresponds to the Tmember data endpoint of the Meeting Schedule Database.

Functions

Functions of the Meeting Schedule Database:

• term: LegCo terms

• session: LegCo sessions

• committee: LegCo committees

• membership: Membership of LegCo committees

• member: LegCo members

• member_term: Terms served by LegCo members

• meeting: Meetings of LegCo committees

• meeting_committee: Committees of LegCo meetings

See also

LegCo API documentation for the Meeting Schedule database: https://www.legco.gov.hk/en/open-legco/open-data/meeting-schedule.html

Examples

# \donttest{
# Fetch full list of members
x <- member()
#> Retrieving records...
#> Retrieved 117 record(s). 117 record(s) available in total.
# }