node-pollster

A small Node.js wrapper for the Huffington Post Pollster API.

Installation

npm install pollster

Getting Started

var pollster = require('pollster')

See the current estimate of the president's job approval

pollster.charts({topic: 'obama-job-approval'}, function(resp){
  console.log(resp[0].estimates);
});

List charts about 2012 Senate races

pollster.charts({topic: '2012-senate'}, function(resp){
  console.log(resp);
});

List charts about Wisconsin

pollster.charts({state: 'WI'}, function(resp){
  console.log(resp);
});

Calculate the margin between Obama and Romney from a recent general election poll

pollster.polls({chart: '2012-general-election-romney-vs-obama'}, function(resp){
  var poll = resp[0],
    responses = poll.questions.filter(function(q) {
      return q.chart === '2012-general-election-romney-vs-obama';
    })[0].subpopulations[0].responses,
    obama = responses.filter(function(r) { return r.choice === 'Obama'; })[0],
    romney = responses.filter(function(r) { return r.choice === 'Romney'; })[0];

  console.log(obama.value - romney.value);
});

See the methodology used in recent polls about the Affordable Care Act

pollster.polls({chart:'us-health-bill'}, function(resp){
  console.log(resp.map(function(p) { return [p.pollster, p.method]; }));
});

License

See LICENSE.

The Huffington Post Pollster API is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See this page for additional license and usage information.

Not affiliated with the Huffington Post.