KildareStreet API
getDebates function
http://www.kildarestreet.com/api/getDebates
Fetch Debates.
This includes Oral Questions.
Arguments
Note you can only supply one of the following search terms at present.
- type (required)
- One of "commons", "westminsterhall", or "lords".
- date
- Fetch the debates for this date.
- search
- Fetch the debates that contain this term.
- person
- Fetch the debates by a particular person ID.
- gid
- Fetch the speech or debate that matches this GID.
- order (optional, when using search or person)
- d for date ordering, r for relevance ordering.
- page (optional, when using search or person)
- Page of results to return.
- num (optional, when using search or person)
- Number of results to return.
Example Response (search)
{
"info" : {
"s" : "fish section:lords",
"results_per_page" : 20,
"page" : 1,
"total_results" : 245,
"first_result" : 1
},
"searchdescription" : "containing the word 'fish' in Lords debates",
"rows" : [{
"gid" : "2006-07-14a.946.0",
"hdate" : "2006-07-14",
"htype" : "12",
"major" : "101",
"section_id" : "11432880",
"subsection_id" : "11432880",
"relevance" : 17,
"speaker_id" : "100176",
"hpos" : "29",
"body" : ...
"listurl" : "/lords/?id=2006-07-14a.901.2&s=fish+section%3Alords#g946.0",
"speaker" : {
"member_id" : "100176",
"title" : "Lord",
"first_name" : "Robert",
"last_name" : "Dixon-Smith",
"house" : "2",
"constituency" : "",
"party" : "Conservative",
"person_id" : "13665",
"url" : "/peer/?m=100176"
},
"parent" : {
"body" : "Climate Change (EAC Report)"
}
},
{
"gid" : "2006-07-13a.874.0",
"hdate" : "2006-07-13",
"htype" : "12",
"major" : "101",
"section_id" : "11432688",
"subsection_id" : "11432688",
"relevance" : 28,
"speaker_id" : "100549",
"hpos" : "179",
"body" : ...
"listurl" : "/lords/?id=2006-07-13a.871.2&s=fish+section%3Alords#g874.0",
"speaker" : {
"member_id" : "100549",
"title" : "Lord",
"first_name" : "Jeff",
"last_name" : "Rooker",
"house" : "2",
"constituency" : "",
"party" : "Labour",
"person_id" : "10511",
"url" : "/peer/?m=100549",
"office" : [{
"dept" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs",
"position" : "Minister of State (Sustainable Farming and Food)",
"pretty" : "Minister of State (Sustainable Farming and Food), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"
}]
},
"parent" : {
"body" : "Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill"
}
},
...
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