Package index

Query the new Epidata API (v5)

The current API. Sources are moving here from the covidcast endpoint; see vignette("migration-guide") for how to update covidcast queries.

epidata_meta()

Get cast-API source metadata

epidata_snapshot() epidata_archive() epidata()

cast-API snapshot and archive queries

epidata_aux()

Fetch V5 auxiliary data

Query the covidcast endpoint (v4)

The previous main endpoint. Still carries the sources that have not moved to v5 yet.

pub_covidcast() deprecated

Various COVID and flu signals via the COVIDcast endpoint

pub_covidcast_meta() deprecated

Metadata for the COVIDcast endpoint

covidcast_epidata()

Creates the COVIDcast Epidata autocomplete helper

Query legacy endpoints (v3)

Older endpoints, each with its own dataset. Most are static or no longer updated.

pub_covid_hosp_facility() deprecated

COVID hospitalizations by facility

pub_covid_hosp_facility_lookup() deprecated

Helper for finding COVID hospitalization facilities

pub_covid_hosp_state_timeseries() deprecated

COVID hospitalizations by state

pub_delphi() deprecated

Delphi's ILINet outpatient doctor visits forecasts

pub_dengue_nowcast() deprecated

Delphi's PAHO dengue nowcasts (North and South America)

pub_ecdc_ili() deprecated

ECDC ILI incidence (Europe)

pub_flusurv() deprecated

CDC FluSurv flu hospitalizations

pub_fluview() deprecated

CDC FluView ILINet outpatient doctor visits

pub_fluview_clinical() deprecated

CDC FluView flu tests from clinical labs

pub_fluview_meta() deprecated

Metadata for the FluView endpoint

pub_gft() deprecated

Google Flu Trends flu search volume

pub_kcdc_ili() deprecated

KCDC ILI incidence (Korea)

pub_meta() deprecated

Metadata for the Delphi Epidata API

pub_nidss_dengue() deprecated

NIDSS dengue cases (Taiwan)

pub_nidss_flu() deprecated

NIDSS flu doctor visits (Taiwan)

pub_nowcast() deprecated

Delphi's ILI Nearby nowcasts

pub_paho_dengue() deprecated

PAHO dengue data (North and South America)

pub_wiki() deprecated

Wikipedia webpage counts by article

Make API requests

Discover endpoints and control how queries are built and fetched

avail_endpoints()

List all available Epidata API endpoints

create_epidata_call() fetch()

An abstraction that holds information needed to make an epidata request

fetch_args_list()

Set custom API request parameters

Configuration and utilities

Set API keys and handle API data types

get_api_key() save_api_key()

Get and set API keys

epirange()

Specify a range of days or weeks for API requests

timeset

Timeset formats for specifying dates

Control caching behavior

Configure an optional persistent cache

set_cache()

Create or renew a cache for this session

clear_cache()

Manually reset the cache, deleting all currently saved data and starting afresh

disable_cache()

Turn off the caching for this session

cache_info()

Describe current cache

Make requests to private API endpoints

These endpoints require additional authorization to use

pvt_cdc() deprecated

CDC total and by topic webpage visits

pvt_dengue_sensors() deprecated

PAHO dengue digital surveillance sensors (North and South America)

pvt_ght() deprecated

Google Health Trends health topics search volume

pvt_meta_norostat() deprecated

Metadata for the NoroSTAT endpoint

pvt_norostat() deprecated

CDC NoroSTAT norovirus outbreaks

pvt_quidel() deprecated

Quidel COVID-19 and influenza testing data

pvt_sensors() deprecated

Influenza and dengue digital surveillance sensors

pvt_twitter() deprecated

HealthTweets total and influenza-related tweets