wdi_get_sources: Download data sources from the World Bank API

In wbwdi: Seamless Access to World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI)

Download data sources from the World Bank API

Description

This function returns a tibble of supported data sources for querying the World Bank API. The data sources include various databases and datasets provided by the World Bank.

Usage

wdi_get_sources(language = "en")

Arguments

language

A character string specifying the language code for the API response (default is "en" for English).

Details

This function provides a reference for the supported data sources and their metadata when querying the World Bank API. The columns is_data_available and is_metadata_available are logical values derived from the API response, where "Y" indicates availability.

Value

A tibble with six columns:

source_id

An integer identifier for the data source.

source_code

A character string for the source code.

source_name

The name of the data source (e.g., "World Development Indicators").

update_date

The last update date of the data source.

is_data_available

A boolean indicating whether data is available.

is_metadata_available

A boolean indicating whether metadata is available.

concepts

The number of concepts defined for the data source.

Source

https://api.worldbank.org/v2/sources

Examples

# Download all available data sources in English
wdi_get_sources()

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