NEWS.md

In PxWebApiData: PX-Web Data by API

PxWebApiData 2.0.0

• query_url() now issues a warning when a generated URL exceeds the PxWebApi GET character limit (2100 characters by default).
• The warning threshold can be changed using the PxWebApiData.MAX_URL_CHARS option.
• Thanks to Mads Fjeld Wold for reporting the issue (#34) and contributing the initial implementation (#35).
• As the initial updates related to PxWebApi v2 have proven stable, the package version is increased to 2.0.0.

PxWebApiData 1.9.0

• Major update with new functions related to PxWebApi v2
• get_api_data(): retrieve data from a pre-made URL
• query_url(): generate a URL from specifications
• api_data(): specify and retrieve data in one step
  • closely related to ApiData() for PxWebApi v1
• meta_frames(): metadata structured as data frames
• meta_data(): metadata downloaded without further processing
• meta_code_list(): metadata for code lists, by default structured as a data frame
• The package now includes three vignettes
• Using PxWebApi v1 with PxWebApiData (the original introduction vignette)
• Using PxWebApi v2 with PxWebApiData
• Introduction to PxWebApiData, which points to the two version-specific vignettes while preserving the original vignette URL

PxWebApiData 1.1.1

• Extended comment() to include note elements and added info() and note() functions
• Reflects an enhancement in the JSON-stat2 metadata, where note is introduced as a new field
• Updated documentation for the makeNAstatus parameter to reference note() for explanation of NA status codes
• Addresses issue #18

PxWebApiData 1.1.0

• Switch from readymade datasets to PxWebApi 2 for Statistics Norway examples
• Replaced readymade dataset examples
• Included text about PxWebApi 2 as the new primary API for Statistics Norway (v1 still available with POST)
• Strengthened error handling for GET requests
• Added more robust checks of responses and status codes

PxWebApiData 1.0.0

• This package has been a stable workhorse, now updated to version 1.0.0.
• This package now has a documentation site at https://statisticsnorway.github.io/ssb-pxwebapidata, providing easy access to vignettes and guides.
• Now the comment attribute also includes elements tableid and contents whenever these are available.
• Minor updates with no changes in functionality
• Changed package license to MIT, in accordance with the policy at Statistics Norway.
• Updated outdated region codes in the vignette under Aggregations using filter agg.
• Some technical changes in documentation to comply with standards.

PxWebApiData 0.9.0

• Minor update regarding warnings:
• Previously, some warnings were suppressed to comply with the CRAN policy (refer to version 0.6.0 below). Now, these warnings are instead converted to messages.

PxWebApiData 0.8.0

• responseFormat, new parameter to ApiData with "json-stat2" as default.
• Previously, "json-stat2" was not used.
• Now a comment attribute with elements label, source and updated is added to output as a named three-element character vector.
• Thus, the comment attribute has been changed from the previous version
• Run the comment function to obtain this information.
• Eurostat data example included in the vignette.
• More changes to meet CRAN policy as in version 0.6.0 (also when apiPackage = "pxweb")

PxWebApiData 0.7.0

• makeNAstatus, new parameter to ApiData which represents new functionality.
• When missing entries in value, the function tries to add an additional variable, named NAstatus, with status codes.

PxWebApiData 0.6.0

• Changes to meet CRAN policy:
• Packages which use Internet resources should fail gracefully with an informative message if the resource is not available or has changed (and not give a check warning nor error).

PxWebApiData 0.5.0

• Possible to return a single data set as a data frame: First, second or both combined.
• Handled by the new parameter returnDataSet. Possible non-NULL values are 1, 2 and 12.
• New wrapper functions. Function names ending with 1, 2 or 12.

PxWebApiData 0.4.0

• Last version before any news

PxWebApiData documentation built on Sept. 9, 2026, 5:07 p.m.