fredr 1.0.0

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).

fredr 0.3.0

Breaking changes

• fredr_series now returns an xts object.

fredr 0.2.0

Breaking changes

Function names conform to fredr_* - api_docs is now fredr_docs - set_api_key is now fredr_key

fredr 0.1.0

Initial release

fredr combines tools like dplyr and httr to provide a flexible but powerful wrapper for the FRED API. - Convenience functions fredr_search() and fredr_series() for most commonly used FRED API features. - Execute more general queries using the backbone function fredr() - Bring up web documentation from the R environment with api_docs()