Improved error messages when calls to the API return
unsuccessful.
Addressing ACLED bandwidth limits:
Accommodate empty content returns when bandwidth limit is hit.
Give warning message to users when making calls to download the
whole dataset.
Improved descriptions and explanations in Details.
Adjusted all descriptions to match ACLED’s API updates.
Adjusted get.api.regions() to reflect ACLED’s changes to region
codes.
Added the variables event_id_cnty, latitude, longitude, and tags to
the default output.
alced.api version
1.1.7 (Christmas version)
Depreciate generic environment variable names for access
information, adding “ACLED” to their names.
alced.api version 1.1.6
Updated Rd files to HTML5 with current version of roxygen2.
Fixed links.
Updated ACLED API country list.
alced.api version 1.1.5
Updated description based on GH issue #4
Updated test-acled: “other.query works” time frame was empty
Updated test-acled: removed duplicated tests
alced.api version 1.1.4
Change of Maintainer email address to permanent address
Set up support function export for conveniently retrieving region
names and codes
Added test for get.api.regions()
1 merge request by Rob Williams
https://github.com/jayrobwilliams
!4 More informative error messages (region & interaction
mismatches)
Other slight revisions to warning messages
alced.api version 1.1.3
Resized README example data retrieval
Updated region names and codes based on new ACLED API guide
Bug fix in region call
testthat time frame check adjustment
testthat modules for region codes
Updates to arguments access.key and email.address documentation
Added support function module
1 merge request by Rob Williams
https://github.com/jayrobwilliams
!3 Bug fix: %20 instead of % for white spaces in country names
alced.api version 1.1.2
1 merge request by Rob Williams
https://github.com/jayrobwilliams
!2 Added filter argument “interaction”
Added Rob Williams as ctb
Minor revisions
Updated example in documentation
Added license badge
Minor correction to unit tests
alced.api version 1.1.1
Travis environment variables push
1 merge request by Rob Williams
https://github.com/jayrobwilliams
!1 Added unit tests
Minor README update
alced.api version 1.1.0
Improved error messages
Dev link changes for GitLab switch
alced.api version 1.0.9
Adjusted package documentation to address the issue of
replicability
Added the variable “timestamp” to the function’s default call
Other minor DESCRIPTION and README adjustments
alced.api version 1.0.8
Adjusted package to accommodate new ACLED access requirements. New
arguments are:
email.address
access.key
Allow for “graceful fail” if resource not available (accommodating
CRAN policy)
Minor README adjustments
alced.api version 1.0.7
Removed LICENSE file based on CRAN recommendation
alced.api version 1.0.6
Updated licensing to CC BY-NC 4.0 based on CRAN recommendation
alced.api version 1.0.5
Updated licensing
Bug fix in country argument to support country names containing
whitespaces
alced.api version 1.0.4
Updated licensing and added file LICENSE
Minor description revisions
alced.api version 1.0.3
Added functionality to retrieve individual countries in addition to
regions
Revised and updated argument information
Revised argument names
Added function details
Revised and updated error messages and warnings
Added error messages for bad requests/internet connection
alced.api version 1.0.2
Added functionality: argument “regions” now also recognizes region
names
Link adjustments
Removed argument “print.data” due to redudancy
Added automated numeric variable class recognition and
conversion
Added ACLED T&C to pkg load message
Revised package and function descriptions
Conducted more tests
Revised readme, added badges
alced.api version 1.0.1
Minor bug and spelling fixes
Title renamed
Example down-sized
alced.api version 1.0.0
This package provides functionality to access and manage the
application programming interface (API) of the Armed Conflict Location
& Event Data Project (ACLED) at https://www.acleddata.com.