Function reference • epidatr

Data source and signal discovery

Quickly explore endpoints, and API signal and source names

avail_endpoints(): List all available Epidata API endpoints

covidcast_epidata(): Creates the COVIDcast Epidata autocomplete helper

Make API requests

Query Delphi Epidata endpoints

create_epidata_call() fetch(): An abstraction that holds information needed to make an epidata request

fetch_args_list(): Set custom API request parameters

pub_covid_hosp_facility(): COVID hospitalizations by facility

pub_covid_hosp_facility_lookup(): Helper for finding COVID hospitalization facilities

pub_covid_hosp_state_timeseries(): COVID hospitalizations by state

pub_covidcast(): Various COVID and flu signals via the COVIDcast endpoint

pub_covidcast_meta(): Metadata for the COVIDcast endpoint

pub_delphi(): Delphi's ILINet outpatient doctor visits forecasts

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

pub_ecdc_ili(): ECDC ILI incidence (Europe)

pub_flusurv(): CDC FluSurv flu hospitalizations

pub_fluview(): CDC FluView ILINet outpatient doctor visits

pub_fluview_clinical(): CDC FluView flu tests from clinical labs

pub_fluview_meta(): Metadata for the FluView endpoint

pub_gft(): Google Flu Trends flu search volume

pub_kcdc_ili(): KCDC ILI incidence (Korea)

pub_meta(): Metadata for the Delphi Epidata API

pub_nidss_dengue(): NIDSS dengue cases (Taiwan)

pub_nidss_flu(): NIDSS flu doctor visits (Taiwan)

pub_nowcast(): Delphi's ILI Nearby nowcasts

pub_paho_dengue(): PAHO dengue data (North and South America)

pub_wiki(): Wikipedia webpage counts by article

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(): CDC total and by topic webpage visits

pvt_dengue_sensors(): PAHO dengue digital surveillance sensors (North and South America)

pvt_ght(): Google Health Trends health topics search volume

pvt_meta_norostat(): Metadata for the NoroSTAT endpoint

pvt_norostat(): CDC NoroSTAT norovirus outbreaks

pvt_quidel(): Quidel COVID-19 and influenza testing data

pvt_sensors(): Influenza and dengue digital surveillance sensors

pvt_twitter(): HealthTweets total and influenza-related tweets