blscraper - blscrapeR 3.2.0

blscrapeR 3.2.0

Features

• Added the ability for inflation_adjust() function to extend to data before 1947. Using the old base, the data now extents to 1913.

• Added a new naics data set. This is meant to replace the old niacs data set, which was mis-spelled. The old data set remains in place for backward compatibility.

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Published by keberwein over 3 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 3.1.6

blscrapeR 3.1.6

Testing

• Nightly API tests on various platforms caused error due to reaching daily query limit. Removed automated test runs in favor of testing manually.

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Published by keberwein about 7 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 3.1.2

Enhancements

Updated NIACS and FIPS codes for 2018.

Bug fixes

• The API sometimes adds an extra column for the most current month, which was causing irregular column shifts. Added logic to the map loop to automaticlly adjust for such situations.

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Published by keberwein almost 8 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 3.1.1

Bug fixes

• The bls_api() function now returns the catalog data with a catalog=TRUE argument.

Enhancements

• The bls_api() function now returns verbose error message if the api request fails.

• Added BLS series_ids internal dataset.

• Added search_ids() function to search the internal series_ids data set.

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Published by keberwein almost 8 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 3.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Added an functionality and documentation for an "annual" argument for qcew_api().

Vignettes

• Added new feature examples to QCEW_API.Rmd.

• Removed qcew.Rmd, since it was duplicated.

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Published by keberwein over 8 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 3.0

New Features

Added the mapbls() function. This function replaces the deprecated blsmapcounty() blsmap_state() functions and is not backward compatible.

Updated internal data to 2016 FIPS standards.

Enhancements

Updated internal functions to use tidyverse methods. This includes the addition of a few dependencies such as purrr, tibble, and dplyr.

All data are now returned as tibbles.

Documentation

Updated all existing vignettes to use tidyverse functions.

Edited mapping vignette to include new map_bls() function.

Added tidyverse style code to the readme and vignettes.

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Published by keberwein over 8 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 2.1.5

blscrapeR 2.1.5

• Document and vignette fixes

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Published by keberwein over 8 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 2.1.4

blscrapeR_2.1.4.tar.gz

New Features

• Added total non-farm employment as a "quick function."

• Added a dt_format argument to the dateCast() function.

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Published by keberwein almost 9 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 2.1.2

blscrapeR 2.1.2

New Features

• The ability to select custom choropleth colors with all map functions.
• Automatic end dates set for bls_api() function.
• Removed dependencies for xts and zoo packages. Changed to base R.

Bug fixes

• Fixed error when rendering national maps with county-wise data.
• Alaska and Hawaii moved further apart in map_data.
• Date column changed to optional for bls_api() function.

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Published by keberwein about 9 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 2.1.1

blscrapeR 2.1.1

New Features

• Added a map projection argument to the blsmapcounty() function. Choices are either Lambert or Mercator. Mercator is the default for single states, and Lambert the default for national views.
• Enhanced error handling for the getblsstate() function.

Data

• Added Mercator projection data set.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed date parsing with the getblsstate() function.

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Published by keberwein about 9 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 1.0.2

blscrapeR 1.0.2

Bug Fixes

• Updated URLs for the getblsstate() function.

Tets

• Updated tests for the getblsstate() function.

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Published by keberwein over 9 years ago

blscraper - 1.0.1

blscrapeR 1.0.1

Major Release

• The BLS changed the location of their county level employment data on the server side. Changes were made in the getblscounty() function that were not backwards compatible.

New Features

• Added the qcew_api() function to gather data from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. This API is owned by the QCEW and is seperate from the main BLS API.
• Added 404 error handling to the main bls_api() function.

Data

• Added three data sets; niacs, sizetitles, and areatitles. These data sets act as helpers for the QCEW API and provide industry and area codes that the API regularly uses.

Bug Fixes

• Updated URLs for the getblscounty() function.

Documentation

• Added documentation for the qcew_api() function.
• Added documentation for the three new data sets; niacs, sizetitles, and areatitles.
• Added a vignette for the qcew_api() function.

Tets

• Added a test for the qcew_api() function.

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Published by keberwein over 9 years ago

blscraper - blscrapeR 0.42

blscrapeR 0.4.2

New Features

• Added stateName argument to getblscounty() that allows user to specify a state or list of states.
• Added stateName argument to mapblscounty() that allows user to specify state(s) to map.

Documentation

• Added mapping vignette.
• Added manual pages for the county_map_data and state_map_data internal data sets.

Data

• Added tigris and broom packages to prep_maps.R in data-raw folder.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed date argument in getblscounty() and getblsstate() to return the most recent date if argument is NULL.
• Added error handling to mapblsstate() and mapblscounty().
• Added tests for mapblsstate() and mapblscounty() to the /testthat directory.

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Published by keberwein over 9 years ago

blscraper - v0.4.1

blscrapeR 0.4.1

New Features

• Added quick functions to pull popular data sets from the API without the need of the user inputing a series id.
• Addded data argument to getblscounty. If NULL the function will return the most recent month.
• Added the inflaction_adjust() function to help users with calculating inflation from the CPI. Since the API will only allow twenty years of data, the inflation function pulls data from a text file instead that allows the user to get CPI data back to 1947.
• Added more error handling to bls_api() function.

Documentation

• Added documentation to getblscounty() to explain the new date argument.
• Added package vignetts.

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Published by keberwein over 9 years ago