wb_source: World Bank source data

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World Bank source data

Description

List all sources supported by the World Bank API.

Usage

wb_source(source = NULL, lang = "en")

Arguments

source	(NULL | character()) Source to query. Default NULL. If NULL, all sources are returned.
lang	(character(1)) Language to query. Default "en".

Value

A data.frame() with the available sources. The columns are:

• id: The source ID.

• last_updated: The date the source was last updated.

• name: The source name.

• code: The source code.

• description: The source description.

• url: The source URL.

• data_availability: Whether the source has data available.

• metadata_availability: Whether the source has metadata available.

• concepts: The concepts associated with the source.

Source

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

See Also

Other indicators data: wb_country(), wb_income_level(), wb_indicator(), wb_language(), wb_lending_type(), wb_region(), wb_topic()

Examples

src <- wb_source()
head(src)

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