getDebates function

TheyWorkForYou API

http://www.theyworkforyou.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", "lords", "scotland", or "northernireland".

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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