.gitignore @@ -56,6 +56,20 @@ class Committee(NYTCongressApiObject): except: return u'%s' % self.committee +class Comparison(NYTCongressApiObject): + """ + A comparison of how often two members of Congress voted + in a given chamber and congress. + """ + def __init__(self, d): + self.__dict__ = d + self.first_member = nytcongress.members.get(self.first_member_id) + self.second_member = nytcongress.members.get(self.second_member_id) + + def __repr__(self): + return u'%s and %s agree %s percent of the time' % (self.first_member, self.second_member, self.agree_percent) + + # namespaces # class nytcongress(object): @@ -116,6 +130,12 @@ class nytcongress(object): path = '%s/%s/%s_votes' % (congress, chamber, total) results = nytcongress._apicall(path, None)[0]['members'] return [MemberTotal(m) for m in results] + + @staticmethod + def compare(first, second, congress, chamber): + path = 'members/%s/compare/%s/%s/%s' % (first, second, congress, chamber) + results = nytcongress._apicall(path, None)[0] + return Comparison(results) class votes(object): @staticmethod @@ -157,4 +177,4 @@ class nytcongress(object): results = nytcongress._apicall(path, None)[0] return [Bill(b) for b in results['bills']] - \ No newline at end of file + nytcongressapi.py 9133768fc681f79df71b0bc14a8470caff2b994d Chris Amico eyeseast@gmail.com http://github.com/dwillis/python-nytcongressapi/commit/2c2a57beea06f594aeb1ff17c778a8b396dd4f83 2c2a57beea06f594aeb1ff17c778a8b396dd4f83 2009-10-13T14:46:06-07:00 2009-10-13T14:46:06-07:00 Added vote comparison, both a class and method 174e8bd5fa30117545d9313f4bf6be185cc89040 Chris Amico eyeseast@gmail.com