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An R wrapper for the OpenFEC API that features tidy cleaning.
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get_itemized_contributions() returns fewer records than it should #27

Closed chrismp closed 4 years ago

chrismp commented 5 years ago

Any idea why this code returns only 48 records?

itemizedContribs <- get_itemized_contributions(
  committee_id = "C00577130"
)

FEC's site returns many more itemized contributions, of course. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?two_year_transaction_period=2016&data_type=processed&committee_id=C00577130&min_date=01%2F01%2F2015&max_date=03%2F31%2F2016

stephenholzman commented 5 years ago

I haven't done extensive testing with Presidential committees yet, but I'd start troubleshooting this by setting more explicit parameters (max_date, min_date, etc) and checking for where they line up with the main FEC site and not. I'll take a look at this next time I work on the package.

chrismp commented 5 years ago

Turns out it’s the FEC. For some reason its API returned fewer records than one can find via its search engine

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I haven't done extensive testing with Presidential committees yet, but I'd start troubleshooting this by setting more explicit parameters (max_date, min_date, etc) and checking for where they line up with the main FEC site and not. I'll take a look at this next time I work on the package.

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