fetch_data: Download a set of data from the US Census API

In higherX4Racine/hercacstables: Work with American Community Survey Tables through the US Census API

Download a set of data from the US Census API

Description

Download a set of data from the US Census API

Usage

fetch_data(
  variables,
  year,
  for_geo,
  for_items,
  survey_type,
  table_or_survey_code,
  ...,
  use_key = TRUE
)

Arguments

variables	<chr[]> a vector of variable names, like "B01001_001E"
year	an integer year, e.g. 2021L
for_geo	<chr> the geographical level the data will describe, e.g. "tract"
for_items	<chr[]> one or more instances of for_geo desired, e.g. "*" or "000200", passed on to build_for_geographies()
survey_type	e.g. "acs" or "dec"
table_or_survey_code	e.g. "acs5" or "pl"
...	<dynamic dots> other items to pass to the query
use_key	<lgl?> optional, should the query include a Census API key from the system environment. Defaults to TRUE

Value

a tibble with "Group", "Index", "Value", and "Year" fields, as well as one field for each geography.

See Also

build_api_url()

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