uis_get_entities: Get geographical entities from UIS API

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Get geographical entities from UIS API

Description

Retrieves information about geographical entities (countries, regions, etc.) available in the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) API.

Usage

uis_get_entities(version = NULL)

Arguments

version

Character. The API version to use. If NULL (default), the API's default version will be used. See uis_get_versions for a list of supported versions.

Value

A data frame with information about geographical entities:

entity_id	Character. The unique identifier for the entity.
entity_name	Character. The name of the geographical entity.
entity_type	Character. The type of entity (e.g., country, region).
region_group	Character. Information about the region grouping.

Examples

# Download entities for default version
uis_get_entities()

# Download entities for a specific version
uis_get_entities("20240910-b5ad4d82")

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