getDebates function

 

http://www.openaustralia.org/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 "representatives" or "senate".
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" : "cows section:lords",
		"results_per_page" : 20,
		"page" : 1,
		"total_results" : 24,
		"first_result" : 1
	},
	"searchdescription" : "containing the word 'cows' in Senate debates",
	"rows" : [{
		"gid" : "2009-02-11.70.21",
		"hdate" : "2009-02-11",
		"htype" : "12",
		"major" : "101",
		"section_id" : "5316",
		"subsection_id" : "5317",
		"relevance" : 99,
		"speaker_id" : "100114",
		"hpos" : "221",
		"body" : "Shut the door. I can hear the cows coming home!",
		"listurl" : "/senate/?id=2009-02-11.66.2&s=cows+section%3Alords#g70.21",
		"speaker" : {
			"member_id" : "100114",
			"title" : "",
			"first_name" : "Barnaby",
			"last_name" : "Joyce",
			"house" : "2",
			"constituency" : "Queensland",
			"party" : "National Party",
			"person_id" : "10350",
			"url" : "/senator/?m=100114"
		},
		"parent" : {
			"body" : "Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009: In Committee"
		}
	}]
}

Explorer

Try out this function without writing any code!

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