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Get detailed stage information for a parliamentary item

Source: R/get_items.R
get_item_details.Rd

[Experimental]

Usage

get_item_details(item_url, type = "stages")

Arguments

item_url

Character. A single URL or path to an item on the Austrian Parliament website. Can be an absolute URL starting with "https://www.parlament.gv.at/" or a relative path (with or without leading slashes). The function will normalize relative paths automatically.

type

Character. Type of data to extract. Currently only "stages" is supported (default).

Value

A tibble containing detailed information about the parliamentary item and its stages. Returns NULL if no stages are found.

  • item_url (character): The URL of the parliamentary item.

  • type (character): The type of the item (e.g., BI for Bürgerinitiativen).

  • title (character): The title of the item.

  • item_number (character): The citation number of the item.

  • item_description (character): A brief description of the item.

  • state_approval (character): The current approval state of the item.

  • phase (character): The phase of the legislative stage.

  • id (character): Unique identifier for the stage.

  • stage_date (Date): The date of the stage.

  • stage_name (character): The name/description of the stage.

  • stage_priority (numeric): Priority of the stage.

  • documents (list): List-column of associated documents for the stage.

Details

Retrieves detailed stage information for a specific parliamentary item by scraping its detail page on the Austrian Parliament website. The function extracts structured data about the item's progression through different legislative stages.

The function performs the following steps:

  1. Normalizes the URL (prepends "https://www.parlament.gv.at/" if needed)

  2. Scrapes the item's detail page

  3. Extracts structured data from embedded JavaScript

  4. Parses HTML content within stage text fields

  5. Returns a tibble with stage information

See also

  • get_items() for searching parliamentary items and retrieving URLs

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get details for a specific item
item_url <- "https://www.parlament.gv.at/gegenstand/XXVIII/BI/24"
stages <- get_item_details(item_url)

# Also works with relative paths
stages <- get_item_details("/gegenstand/XXVIII/BI/24")
} # }