- Description: A search method for retrieving lobbyists by name.
- Arguments: Requires search which can be a fuzzy term associated with a lobbying company or individual.. The following optional arguments can be passed as well:
- year – a 4-digit calendar year that restricts search results to the specified year. Default is the current calednar year.
- threshold – A number used to determine “relevancy” of search results and associated with a point score. Default is 0.9
1 2 3 4 5 6 | api_key = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'; echo '<pre>'; print_r( $sf->lobbyistSearch( 'john bernstein', 2007) ); echo '</pre>'; ?> |
Result:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 | stdClass Object ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [result] => stdClass Object ( [score] => 1 [lobbyist] => stdClass Object ( [registrant_name] => HALPRIN TEMPLE [lastname] => BERNSTEIN [filings] => Array ( [0] => B7E06AA3-D48E-4728-83D9-64C7F2B60ECF [1] => A4E570EF-0131-439E-8463-43D68D1C228F [2] => 3392E114-B99F-4488-B389-DF26143E8DE8 [3] => 54487BFC-B1AA-4697-A883-B317E3365BC8 [4] => B2492852-7F55-4A25-898E-D86507F95E08 ) [firstname] => JOEL ) ) ) [1] => stdClass Object ( [result] => stdClass Object ( [score] => 1 [lobbyist] => stdClass Object ( [registrant_name] => Bernstein Strategy Group [lastname] => BERNSTEIN [filings] => Array ( [0] => 24806C2F-667B-4C64-AF8A-EC374B4306E6 [1] => 44172B25-03B4-4831-9457-781AD78B5551 [2] => A2759A1C-DF15-4374-9240-2C302182D834 [3] => 4AC26263-9B43-4FC5-9605-FF458952FF9F [4] => 28D2BA5E-B539-4211-BD8A-BCA8D3AEE6CF [5] => 24BC002C-EC2E-4B9C-9297-7F9B93BAD898 [6] => 79DAF5B3-3444-4966-A5F1-844A647EB200 ) [firstname] => JON ) ) ) ) |
