rdpR

a package to programmatically get a variety of data from Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Karnataka.

This package is currently in beta. Feedback, suggestions, and contributions are welcome-- feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

How to install

Install the package

library(devtools)

devtools::install_github("azadecon/rdpR")

Get the jessionID

A small piece of information is exchanged between your browser (broadly the computer) and the website so that they can remember that it is you who wants to connect. For this jessionID, a cookie is required.

How to get the jessionID?

1. Go to the Panchatantra website.
2. Press ctrl + shift + I or go to the Developer tools in your browser.
3. Press ctrl + R or reload the page.
4. Go to the Network tab. It is between Elements and Console tab.
5. Now click on Fetch XHR. A small panel will open.
6. Click on any of the entry in the list. It might start with getPanchatantraMaster....
7. You will see tabs such as Headers, Payload, ...
8. Access Cookies via more tab (the >> sign).
9. Copy the 32-character long string under the value tab.
10. Create an object jessionID with this value in your R code.

How to use this package?

Well, currently this is just a wrapper to get data from Bapuji Sewa Kendra (BSK) and Panchatantra. Several things are planned.

get all the payment history for a property_ID

You can supply a property_ID and get the history of all the payments made, right in R.

library(rdpr)
rdpr::get_property_tax_history("property_ID")

jessionID <- `a_32_character_long_string`

## example
## property_ID <- 150300700700400133
## property_ID <- 150300700700400095

This returns a dataframe containing the history of n payments in 5 columns and n rows. The columns are receipt_number, payment_type, payment_amount, unique_id, and payment_date.

unique_id is same as "property_ID"

get the details of the respective panchayat for a property_ID

You can supply a property_ID and get the total collection, total demand, and total balance for the panchayat this property belongs to.

get the details of the respective panchayat for a gp_ID

But if you know the gp_ID (gram panchayat ID), this function gets the total collection, total demand, and total balance.

to be added

1. get_panchayat_properties(): this retrieves all the properties in a given panchayat gp_ID and their variables such as total_demand, total_collection, arrears and so on. Additionally, year option can be changed to retrieve it for different years.
2. get_panchayat_property_tax_history: this gets the history of tax payment for all the properties in a panchayat. A property can have multiple payment in a given year which is not captured in get_panchayat_properties().
3. get_all_panchayats: This produces a table with all the panchayats in Karnataka, along within their respective taluka and districts. Plan includes to bring LGD codes as well.