FREDcat: Get info on variables in one or more FRED categories

In donboyd5/apitools: Tools For Using the BEA and Census APIs

Description

FREDcat returns a data frame with info on series

Usage

FREDcat(catvec, key)

Arguments

catvec	numeric vector with list of FRED categories to get info for
key	Your FRED API key (can be obtained for free - check http://api.stlouisfed.org/api_key.html) default returns data frame with info on series available in one or several categories

Details

Queries the FRED API to get the requested data

Value

data frame

Examples

## Not run: 
require(dplyr)
df <- FREDcat(c(106, 125))
df <- FREDcat(18) # 18 is NIPA, so this will get info on ALL series in the NIPA category and its children
df2 <- df %>% filter(grepl("Billions of Chained 2009 Dollars", units),
              grepl("consumption", title, ignore.case=TRUE),
              grepl("durable", title, ignore.case=TRUE)) %>%
       select(cat, id, title, frequency_short, seasonal_adjustment_short, units_short)
# Look at df2 in the viewer to find the desired consumption variables
# Let's look at PCDGCC96 real quarterly durables, and PCNDGC96 real q nondurables
head(df)
count(df, id, title)
vars <- c("PCDGCC96", "PCNDGC96")
FRED(vars)

## End(Not run)

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