do_request: Performs an API request and returns the response body as a...

In epidatr: Client for Delphi's 'Epidata' API

Performs an API request and returns the response body as a string.

Description

Handles authentication, retries, 414 URI Too Long fallback to POST, HTTP errors, and API-level errors. The API returns errors as JSON regardless of the requested format, so for non-classic formats we sniff the body for a JSON error response.

Usage

do_request(
  epidata_call,
  format_type = c("json", "csv", "classic"),
  timeout_seconds,
  fields,
  http_method = c("GET", "POST")
)

Arguments

epidata_call	an instance of epidata_call
format_type	format to request, one of "json", "csv", "classic"
timeout_seconds	the maximum time to wait for a response
fields	fields to include in the response, or NULL for all
http_method	HTTP method to use

Value

an httr2_response object

epidatr documentation built on June 3, 2026, 1:06 a.m.