wbdatacatalog() now returns all catalog entries instead of first 10"NA" instead of logical NAwb() queries would return iso3c IDs in the iso2c column. This is a behavior of the world bank API. This is now properly handled.WDI Database Archives are now accessibleNow uses Version 2 of the World Bank API.
This new version of the API returns some new columns the old version didn’t. Including data of last update for all available data sources This version also provides access to over 700 indicators that were moved to the WDI Database Archives. These indicators are not available using the older API
added the parameter return_wide to wb() allowing data returns to be formatted in a wide format with each queried indicator being its own column named by its corresponding indicatorID.
This added functionality was done by importing the tidyr package and using tidyr::spread_. While it is not ideal to add a dependency for one feature I believe the tidyr and other tidyverse packages are inline with future wbstats features and are now common enough that the added dependency is worth the addition.
More explicit error messaging when encountering API call errors
update cached data in wb_cachelist
wb() per bapfeld prwb_cachelist