pub_gft: Google Flu Trends flu search volume

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

Google Flu Trends flu search volume

Description

API docs: https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/gft.html

Obtains estimates of inluenza activity based on volume of certain search queries from Google.

Usage

pub_gft(locations, epiweeks = "*", fetch_args = fetch_args_list())

Arguments

locations	character. List of locations to fetch.
epiweeks	timeset. Epiweeks to fetch. Supports epirange() and defaults to all ("*") dates. Format as epirange(startweek, endweek), where startweek and endweek are of the form YYYYWW (string or numeric).
fetch_args	fetch_args_list(). Additional arguments to pass to fetch(). See fetch_args_list() for details.

Details

Google has discontinued Flu Trends and this is now a static endpoint. Possibile input for locations can be found in https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/geographic_codes.html#hhs-regions, https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/geographic_codes.html#us-states, and https://cmu-delphi.github.io/delphi-epidata/api/geographic_codes.html#selected-us-cities.

Value

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See also

For example queries showing how to discover signals and build calls, see vignette("signal-discovery", package = "epidatr").

Examples

pub_gft(locations = "hhs1", epiweeks = epirange(201201, 202001))

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