censusapi v0.7.0

• Adds show_call option to getCensus(), which shows the underlying API call (otherwise only shown on errors) and link to package documentation when used.
• Converts improperly formatted string “N/A” and “NULL” values from underlying Census data to true NA values.
• Improves parsing of columns as numeric or character, specifically:
  • Keeps 2017 NAICS variables as characters, instead of erroneously converting to numeric.
  • Parses endpoint numeric variables with all-character variable names as numeric for several popular endpoints: SAHIE, SAIPE, ZBP, CBP, PEP and Decennial Response Rates.
• Removes examples from deprecated 1990 and 2000 Decennial endpoints.

censusapi v0.6.0

• Allows the use of miscellaneous paramaters in getCensus(). This allows users to specify any valid API argument name and pass it a value, giving full access to all of the underlying Census Bureau APIs.
• Adds a group parameter in listCensusMetadata(). This allows users to get variable metadata for a specified variable group.
• Improves internal logic in listCensusMetadata().
• Add documentation and examples using miscellaneous paramaters.
• Returns underlying API call in error messages, particularly useful for users needing from the Census Bureau.
• Specifies tract in block group example due to underlying API changes.
• Adds Contributor Code of Conduct.

censusapi v0.3.0

• Does not convert ACS annotation flag variables into numeric columns.
• Puts lowercase variable name columns first (geographies), rather than all non-numeric columns.
• Changes all punctuation in returned column names into underscores, removing repeated underscores and trailing punctuation.
• Uses consistent spacing in examples.
• Updates examples using ACS data to latest year using new acs/acs5 endpoint and adds variable group examples.

censusapi 0.2

First CRAN release, available at https://cran.r-project.org/package=censusapi