wbstats 1.0.3

wbstats 1.0.2

Now precomputes vignettes to better align with CRAN policies regarding internet access

Release 1.0.1 fixes a handful of minor issues

Lowered the per_page limit on API requests to the indicators endpoint in functions wb_indicators() and wb_cache(). This should result in fewer timeouts.

The 1.0.0 release represents a complete overhaul of the wbstats package to hopefully be more consistent and easy to use.

Data now returns in a wide format by default with each indicator being its own column
Adoption of the “tidyverse” ecosystem.
New naming convention, wb_*() for all wbstats functions. Relatedly,
Older functions from previous versions are now deprecated and should produce a warning
Support for custom indicator names by passing a named vector to wb_data()
Includes support for most recent non-empty value queries. Basically quering the most recent n values from each location, regardless of the date.
wb_search() now accepts any grep() argument passed through ...

wbdatacatalog() now returns all catalog entries instead of first 10
When only Namibia is queried the iso2c column now returns "NA" instead of logical NA
For some indicators wb() queries would return iso3c IDs in the iso2c column. This is a behavior of the world bank API. This is now properly handled.
Indicators from source WDI Database Archives are now accessible

Now 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