get_chile_copper_pound: Get Observed Copper Price per Pound from the findic.cl API

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Get Observed Copper Price per Pound from the findic.cl API

Description

This function retrieves the observed daily value of the copper price per pound ("Libra de Cobre") in U.S. Dollars from the API endpoint: https://findic.cl/api/libra_cobre. The data is provided by the Chilean website findic.cl.

Usage

get_chile_copper_pound()

Details

The values returned by the API include metadata and a time series of daily prices. The names of the variables and the values are in Spanish, exactly as provided by the API. For example, the result includes columns named fecha (date) and valor (value).

The function sends a GET request to the /api/libra_cobre endpoint. If the request is successful (HTTP 200), it parses the JSON response and extracts the time series data under the key serie.

All names and values are kept in Spanish as provided by the API and no translation or modification is applied.

Value

A tibble (data frame) with the following columns:

• fecha: Fecha del valor observado (in format "YYYY-MM-DD").

• valor: Valor de la libra de cobre en dólares estadounidenses (numeric).

Note

Requires internet connection. The function returns the values exactly as provided in Spanish.

See Also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble

Examples

## Not run: 
copper_data <- get_chile_copper_pound()
head(copper_data)

## End(Not run)

ChileDataAPI documentation built on Sept. 11, 2025, 9:09 a.m.