NEWS.md

In infectiousR: Access Infectious and Epidemiological Data via 'disease.sh API'

infectiousR 0.1.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed graceful failure handling for all API functions when internet is unavailable
• Functions now use message() instead of warning() for connection errors
• Added timeout (10 seconds) to all API requests to prevent hanging
• Improved error messages to be more informative for users
• All functions now return NULL gracefully when API is unavailable
• Updated documentation to reflect graceful failure behavior
• Changed examples from \donttest{} to \dontrun{} for better CRAN compliance

CRAN Compliance

• Package now complies with CRAN policy: "Packages which use Internet resources should fail gracefully with an informative message if the resource is not available"

infectiousR 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN release

infectiousR documentation built on Nov. 9, 2025, 5:07 p.m.