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@sboysel sboysel released this 28 Jul 22:38
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v1.0.0
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Initial release for CRAN. All endpoint functions for the FRED API are now
implemented as functions in fredr.

Breaking changes

  • fredr() -> fredr_request() (#46)
  • fredr_series() -> fredr_series_observations() (alias: fredr()) (alias: fredr()) now returns a tibble (with observation date, series ID, and values columns) instead of a time series object (#46, #49).
  • Remove dependencies dplyr and xts (#9).
  • fred_set_key() no longer modifies .Renviron. User is encouraged to manually change .Renviron to persistently set FRED API key (#15).
  • Explicit parameters and parameter checking for all functions (#20).
  • Split fredr_search() into
    • fredr_series_search_text() (search for series by text description)
    • fredr_series_search_text() (search for series)
    • fredr_series_search_tags() (search for series tags)
    • fredr_series_search_related_tags() (search for related tags)

New functions

Categories (#21)

  • fredr_category() Get a FRED category
  • fredr_category_children() Get the child categories for a specified FRED parent category
  • fredr_category_related() Get the related categories for a FRED category.
  • fredr_category_related_tags() Get the related FRED tags within a category
  • fredr_category_series() Get the series in a category
  • fredr_category_tags() Get the FRED tags for a category

Releases (#22)

  • fredr_release() Get a release of economic data
  • fredr_release_dates() Get release dates for a single release of economic data
  • fredr_release_related_tags() Get the related FRED tags for one or more FRED tags within a release
  • fredr_release_series() Get the series on a release of economic data
  • fredr_release_sources() Get the sources for a release of economic data
  • fredr_release_tables() Get release table trees for a given release
  • fredr_release_tags() Get the FRED tags for a release
  • fredr_releases() Get all releases of economic data
  • fredr_releases_dates() Get release dates for all releases of economic data.

Series (#23)

  • fredr_series() Return basic information for a FRED series.
  • fredr_series_categories() Get the categories for a FRED series
  • fredr_series_release() Get the release for a FRED series
  • fredr_series_tags() Get the tags for a FRED series
  • fredr_series_updates() Get a set of recently updated FRED series
  • fredr_series_vintagedates() Get the data vintage dates for a FRED series

Sources (#24)

  • fredr_source() Get a source of economic data
  • fredr_source_releases() Get the releases for a source
  • fredr_sources() Get all sources of economic data

Tags (#25)

  • fredr_tags() Get FRED series tags
  • fredr_related_tags() Get related FRED tags given one or more tags
  • fredr_tags_series() Find FRED series matching tag names

Other new features

  • Include brief endpoint descriptions in data frame fredr_endpoints
  • Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
  • Added a usage vignettes (#11, #41).
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