NEWS

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restatapi 0.24.2 (2025-01-28)

• correction of test because of the changed Table of Content
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.24.1 (2025-01-26)

• correction of outdated URLs and documentation
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.24.0

• correction of extraction of flags
• update of the get_eurostat_toc() function because of change in the API response

restatapi 0.23.2 (2024-09-30)

• correction of tests because change how the API handles confidentially suppressed data
• switch off logging of filters
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.23.1 (2024-03-26)

• adding option lang to the get_eurostat_data() function to be able to use the German or French DSD for the filters
• correction of the get_eurostat_toc() function when the mode="txt" and lang="fr"
• checking if restatapi_cores is more than the maximum number of available cores
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.23.0

• correction of the get_eurostat_toc() function and the functions using the check_toc options because the content of the XML TOC has changed

restatapi 0.22.9

• correction of caching when to DSD downloaded with different languages

restatapi 0.22.8

• correction when check_toc=TRUE option is used

restatapi 0.22.7

• correction for detection of cores to be able to load the package in WebR
• correction for date_filter if there is a time value defined under the filters parameter
• update of examples to generate relevant output for documentation

restatapi 0.22.6

• update of link for the possible flag values

restatapi 0.22.5 (2024-01-08)

• synchronization of debug messages
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.22.4

• updating tests because of missing dataset in the XML version of the Table of Contents

restatapi 0.22.3

• additional check in the get_eurostat_dsd() and get_eurostat_codelist() for failing writing data to disk because of failing network connection

restatapi 0.22.2

• correcting the get_compressed_sdmx() function not closing connections
• updating examples and tests

restatapi 0.22.1 (2023-09-19)

• refactoring tests for CRAN checks
• updating debugging messages and documentation
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.22.0

• correction of the extract_data() function to handle observations when the value is not numeric
• correction of the get_eurostat_data() function when the option force_local_filter=TRUE

restatapi 0.21.3

• correction of tests

restatapi 0.21.2 (2023-08-08)

• update of authors
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.21.1

• correction of the get_eurostat_dsd() function so the result is a data.table
• adjustment of the debug messages in the tests

restatapi 0.21.0

• new function get_eurostat_codelist() to retrieve codelist for a concept
• adjustment of tests for the the new function
• adjustment of documentation

restatapi 0.20.7

• correction of tests
• adding the SDMX-CSV option to the get_eurostat_raw() and get_eurostat_data() function

restatapi 0.20.6 (2023-03-09)

• additional debug messages to see source of errors in CRAN checks
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.20.5

• using packageStartupMessage() function when the package is loaded with the option verbose=TRUE

restatapi 0.20.4

• additional checks in the get_eurostat_dsd() function to set the DSD to NULL if there is a warning during the download of the XML file

restatapi 0.20.3 (2023-02-24)

• the new API is the default one
• adjusting tests and documentation for the new API
• temporarily disabled parallel processing under Windows
• additional checks in the get_eurostat_dsd() function
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.20.2

• adding additional debug messages when the option(restatapi_verbose=TRUE) used for the extract_data(), extract_dsd(), get_compressed_sdmx(),get_eurostat_dsd(), get_eurostat_raw(), get_eurostat_bulk(), get_eurostat_data()and get_eurostat_toc() functions
• changing the additional parameter added to get_eurostat_dsd() and extract_dsd() function for the new API in version 0.14.0 to variable in the .restatapi_env environment
• one step download and extraction of the SDMX file in the get_compressed_sdmx() function when format="gz" is used
• the get_eurostat_bulk() function was adjusted for the changing letter case under the new API
• fixing the get_eurostat_raw() function when the check_toc=TRUE option used under the new API

restatapi 0.20.1

• adjusting the extract_data() function for the new API under Windows
• replacing the gzfile() function with gzcon() and url() in the get_compressed_sdmx() and get_eurostat_raw() due to problems under Windows

restatapi 0.20.0

• major update in order to change to the API of the new dissemination chain
• adding the bulk URL of the new API to the JSON config file
• the create_filter_table() function was adjusted for the changing letter case under the new API
• new parameter for the extract_data() function to handle files which was downloaded using the link from the TOC (as those links are still referring to the old API)
• the extract_toc() function returns a data.table and not a character vector to have correct number of columns for all cases
• the get_eurostat_toc() function was changed to handle the different format from the extract_toc() function
• the filter_raw_data() function was adjusted to handle the changing letter case and time format
• the get_compressed_sdmx() function has a new parameter signalling the type of compression used, as it changes with the new API
• the get_eurostat_data() function was adjusted to handle the changing DSD content
• the get_eurostat_dsd() function was changed to filter out only the relevant concepts and code from the new general DSD files
• the get_eurostat_raw() function was changed to handle the different compression formats in the get_compressed_sdmx() function
• the get_eurostat_raw(), get_eurostat_bulk() and get_eurostat_data() functions were adjusted to handle the changing letter case and dimension names
• correction of get_eurostat_data() function when select_freq was used with only 1 filter
• updating the tests because of the change in the handling of time_filter and availability of data under the new API

restatapi 0.14.1 (2023-01-21)

• adjusting the tests and the JSON config file for the introduction of Euro in Croatia
• updating links due to the revamp of Eurostat website
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.14.0

• adjusting config file and the load_cfg() function to correctly handle the new API
• adjusting get_eurostat_dsd() and extract_dsd() function to the new API

restatapi 0.13.3 (2022-05-31)

• removing memory size check for non-linux systems
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.13.2

• correction of tests as changes in the historical data for "avia_par_me" and "avia_par_is"

restatapi 0.13.1 (2022-03-25)

• correction of tests
• correction of if condition for R development
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.13.0

• full reference of the package when calling exported functions

restatapi 0.12.8 (2022-01-26)

• correction of example in extract_toc() function
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.12.7

• correction of parallel processing under Windows in the get_eurostat_dsd(), get_eurostat_raw() and get_eurostat_data() functions
• correction of the example for the extract_toc() function under Windows

restatapi 0.12.6

• correction of parallel processing under Windows in the get_eurostat_toc() function
• additional debug messages

restatapi 0.12.5

• temporary fix for the error in Windows in the get_eurostat_toc() function by turning of parallel if restatapi_cores==1

restatapi 0.12.4

• correcting timeout of examples for the check with -run-donttest

restatapi 0.12.3 (2021-10-07)

• adding timeout to examples
• not testing example for the search_eurostat_dsd() and create_filter_table() function
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.12.2

• not testing example for the extract_dsd() and create_filter_table() function
• removing link to the SDMX website because of SSL error

restatapi 0.12.1

• replacing example in the extract_dsd() fuction to reduce time for testing
• checking the footer for code >=500 when the data table has 0 row

restatapi 0.12.0

• discarding partial data if the retrieval stopped due to "Internal application error", "Exception while getting all data and footnotes slice" or "Cannot connect to Comext service"
• seprating blocks with conditions in testing

restatapi 0.11.3 (2021-09-15)

• using full URI path in README.md
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.11.2

• unzipping to a temporary directory in order to avoid error by read-only user directory

restatapi 0.11.1

• correction of tests when the TOC is corrupted
• correction of documentation

restatapi 0.10.10

• correction of the verbose option in the create_filter_table() function

restatapi 0.10.9

• checking if download file is empty in the get_eurostat_toc() function when mode=txt
• correction of tests

restatapi 0.10.8

• correction of tables in the documentation

restatapi 0.10.7 (2021-05-24)

• further correction to clean up all cache files from the hard disk
• checking if DSD is NULL in the create_filter_table() function when date_filter=FALSE
• filter_raw_data() returns the raw data when filter_table=NULL
• correction of the create_filter_table() call in the get_eurostat_data() function
• using tryCatch() for opening the tsv files in the get_eurostat_toc() function
• correction of tests when the data/DSD download unsuccessful
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.10.6 (2021-05-13)

• correction to clean up all cache files from the hard disk
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.10.5

• correction for the get_compressed_sdmx() function when verbose=FALSE

restatapi 0.10.4

• improved debugging messages
• date_filter can be a variable name
• additional test

restatapi 0.10.3 (2021-04-16)

• links with https
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.10.2

• .restatpi_env disconnected from baseenv()

restatapi 0.10.1

• correction of labeling when values are non-numeric

restatapi 0.10.0 (2021-03-10)

• testing with tinytest
• improved debugging messages
• correction of get_eurostat_bulk() when cflags=TRUE
• setting download method by options(restatapi_dmethod=...)
• libcurl is default method only in Windows
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.9.12

• updated examples

restatapi 0.9.11

• corrected when force_local_filter used in the get_eurostat_data() function
• hiding download progress bar in the get_eurostat_raw() function when verbose=FALSE
• corrected testing

restatapi 0.9.10

• added caching of raw files when local_filter applied

restatapi 0.9.9

• correction of date_filter for local filtering when quarterly data filtered

restatapi 0.9.8 (2021-01-04)

• updated documentation
• additional tests
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.9.7

• adding option for non-melted data output in the get_eurostat_raw() function
• update of tests

restatapi 0.9.5

• updated revised documentation

restatapi 0.9.0

• correction for the disabled years above 2100 in the date_filter

restatapi 0.8.10 (2020-09-18)

• correction for negative values in the get_eurostat_raw() function when mode=txt
• updated documentation
• correction for local filtering with additional tests
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.8.7

• correction if select_freq defined when filters are named list
• additional tests

restatapi 0.8.6 (2020-05-29)

• correction for local filtering
• refactoring the get_eurostat_raw() function
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.8.3

• correction for local filtering
• revision of testing

restatapi 0.8.1

• added logging of parameters for the get_eurostat_data() function

restatapi 0.8.0 (2020-04-29)

• added create_filter_table() function to be used for filtering on local computer
• additional testing and documentation
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.7.11

• added function filter_raw_data() for filtering on local computer

restatapi 0.7.7

• correction to correctly handle non-numerical (Time Use Survey) data

restatapi 0.7.5 (2020-03-10)

• date_filter creates the date filter table
• use of tryCatch for parallel processing in Windows
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.7.3 (2020-03-07)

• removed memory size check for MacOS and Solaris
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.7.1 (2020-03-03)

• correction for checking the footer message of the XML response
• additional tests
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.6.9 (2020-02-18)

• updated documentation
• bug fixes
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.6.7

• BREXIT update of the config file

restatapi 0.6.6

• checking the footer message of the XML response when filter used in the get_eurostat_data() function

restatapi 0.6.4

• filtering by named list

restatapi 0.6.2 (2019-12-10)

• correction of memory size check under Solaris
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.6.0 (2019-12-05)

• correction of the extract_data function under Windows
• updated documentation
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.5.6

• added cflags option for the get_eurostat_data() and get_eurostat_bulk() function

restatapi 0.5.1

• removed dependency on rsdmx

restatapi 0.4.14

• checking the memory size in the load_cfg() function to determine the number of cores for parallel

restatapi 0.4.12

• additional tests
• bug fixes

restatapi 0.4.10

• added check_toc option for the get_eurostat_bulk() function

restatapi 0.4.7

• added check_toc option for the get_eurostat_raw() function

restatapi 0.4.5

• checking the version of data.table package in the get_eurostat_raw() function

restatapi 0.4.3

• extract_data function can handle filtered and bulk XML files

restatapi 0.4.1

• improved debugging messages
• add option to download and cache the TOC with the config file

restatapi 0.4.0 (2019-10-12)

• additional tests
• bug fixes
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.3.12

• bug fixes, additional info for debugging for the get_eurostat_dsd() function

restatapi 0.3.10

• "libcurl" is the default file download method if available

restatapi 0.3.9

• separated file download and data extraction for the get_eurostat_dsd() function

restatapi 0.3.8

• bug fixes, additional info for debugging

restatapi 0.3.7

• checking for NA in the TOC download links

restatapi 0.3.6 (2019-09-29)

• adding the exact_match option for filtering in the search_eurostat_dsd() function
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.3.5 (2019-08-29)

• bug fixes
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.3.2

• adding the get_compressed_sdmx() function

restatapi 0.3.1

• correction for select_freq when name=FALSE in the get_eurostat_data() function

restatapi 0.3.0

• working parallelisation under Windows for all the functions

restatapi 0.2.6

• working parallelisation under Windows for the get_eurostat_toc() function

restatapi 0.2.4

• additional test and examples

restatapi 0.2.3 (2019-07-23)

• separated file download and data extraction for the txt option in the get_eurostat_raw() function
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.2.2

• adding the txt option to the get_eurostat_raw() function

restatapi 0.1.10

• corrected documentation

restatapi 0.1.9 (2019-05-27)

• adding the exact_match option for filtering in the get_eurostat_data() function
• CRAN release

restatapi 0.1.8

• inclusion of the EU country groups in the config file

restatapi 0.1.7

• correction for strinsAsFactors option after filtering
• added documentation with pkgdown

restatapi 0.1.6 (2019-04-28)

• revision for the CRAN release

restatapi 0.1.4 (2019-04-26)

• first CRAN submission
• use of tryCatch() to capture errors caused by network unavailability
• messages instead of warnings
• loading config file from GitHub

restatapi 0.1.3

• changing examples

restatapi 0.1.2

• additional tests and correction in caching

restatapi 0.1.0

• first release on GitHub