manifestopy is a small package to use the basic functions of the Manifesto Project API in python.
from manifestopy import manifestopy as mpconnect to the manifesto api by initializing the Manifesto object
manifesto = mp.Manifesto('API key goes here')- mp_coreversions
list the core dataset versions
manifesto.mp_coreversions()- mp_metaversions
list corpus metadata versions
manifesto.mp_metaversions()- mp_maindataset
gets the specified version of the core dataset (default = most recent dataset)
manifesto.mp_maindataset(version = 'current')- mp_meta
corpus metadata for a list of parties in elections, with specified party, date, country
manifesto.mp_meta(version = 'current', keys = None, date = None, country = None)- mp_corecitation
get citation for the core dataset.
manifesto.mp_corecitation(key)- mp_corpuscitation
get citation for corpus dataset
manifesto.mp_corpuscitation(key)See also: Manifesto Project API Documentation