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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