check_census_api_call: A helper function to help parse API calls from the census

In medewitt/tidyqwi: A Convenient API for Accessing United States Census Bureau's Quarterly Workforce Indicator

A helper function to help parse API calls from the census

Description

The function verifies that API call was sucessful. If the call was not sucessful, this function passes the message received from the US Census API for further troublshooting,

Usage

check_census_api_call(call)

Arguments

call	a returned call from the US Census API

Value

a string vector with the message from the US Census API

Examples

if(FALSE){
library(tidyqwi)
library(httr)
# A single call to the API without an API Key
url <- "api.census.gov/data/timeseries/qwi/sa?get=Emp&for=county:198&key=NOKEY"
single_call <- httr::GET(url)
stop_for_status(single_call)

# Because a non valid API key was specified an message will be returned

check_census_api_call(single_call)
}

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