Search committee by full or partial name of committee.
search_committee(search_string, term_id = NULL, exact = TRUE, verbose = TRUE)
legco_search_committee(
search_string,
term_id = NULL,
exact = TRUE,
verbose = TRUE
)search string of committee name. Accepts Chinese or
English full or partial name. Defaults to NULL.
the id of a term, or a vector of ids. If NULL, returns
results of all terms. Defaults to NULL.
logical: Whether to look for exact match of the search term.
Defaults to TRUE.
logical: Whether to display progress messages when fetching
data? Defaults to TRUE.
This is a complementary function to voting_record().
Complementary Functions:
search_committee: Search LegCo committees
search_member: Search LegCo members
search_voting_record: Search Voting Record in LegCo meetings
search_question: Search full text of question put to
the government by LegCo members
The complementary functions work by calling a number of database functions and combining their output, meaning that a function call usually involves multiple API calls. Use with caution to prevent reaching the API’s rate limit too quickly.
# \donttest{
# Search all Bills Committees established in the sixth term of LegCo
x <- search_committee(search_string = "bills committee", term_id = 5)
#> Retrieving records...
#> Retrieved 667 record(s). 667 record(s) available in total.
#> 99 record(s) match(es) your parameters.
# }