| Title: | Simple wrapper around the elex tool |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wraps the elex tool to provide R access to Associated Press election results |
| Authors: | Geoff Hing |
| Maintainer: | Geoff Hing <[email protected]> |
| License: | MIT |
| Version: | 1.0 |
| Built: | 2024-09-06 03:51:23 UTC |
| Source: | https://github.com/ghing/elexr |
Wraps the elex tool to provide R access to Associated Press election results
A light R wrapper around the elex command
elexr provides an R interface for the elex package (http://github.com/newsdev/elex/) to load election results from the Associated Press Elections API.
Rather than reinventing the wheel, this package simply runs elex in
a shell and loads the CSV output into a data frame. Because of this,
you'll need Python and to install elex by following the instructions at
http://elex.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html.
You'll also need an API key for the API Elections API. You'll need to set
the AP_API_KEY environtment variable in your R session to be able to
retreive results.
library(elexr) Sys.setenv(AP_API_KEY = "YOUR_AP_ELECTIONS_API_KEY") iowa_caucus_results <- results('03-01-2016')library(elexr) Sys.setenv(AP_API_KEY = "YOUR_AP_ELECTIONS_API_KEY") iowa_caucus_results <- results('03-01-2016')
Fetch election results
results(election_date)results(election_date)
election_date |
Election date as a string in MM-DD-YYYY format. |