NEWS.md

In metacran/seer: Search and Query CRAN R Packages

pkgsearch (development version)

pkgsearch 3.1.5

• cran_new() works correctly again.

pkgsearch 3.1.4

• pkgsearch now uses the timeout option to set the limit for the total time of each HTTP request (#125, @gladkia).

pkgsearch 3.1.3

• No user visible changes.

pkgsearch 3.1.2

• cran_new() works again.

pkgsearch 3.1.1

• pkgsearch gives nicer error messages now.

pkgsearch 3.1.0

• pkgsearch functions return data frames now, instead of tibbles. The data frames have a tbl class, so they are still printed the same way as tibbles, as long as the pillar package is available. Otherwise they behave as data frames.

• New cran_new() function to query new packages on CRAN.

pkgsearch 3.0.3

• Fix dependency handling in the add-in (@salim-b, #101)

• pkgsearch uses curl now for the HTTP calls, instead of httr, which makes it a bit more lightweight.

pkgsearch 3.0.2

• The RStudio addin now gives a better error more missing dependencies (#84, @yonicd)

• cran_package_history() now errors for non-existing packages, instead of returning NULL or the data for another package (#88).

pkgsearch 3.0.1

• The "My packages" and "Most depended upon" items now work properly in the RStudio addin (#77).

• The RStudio addin has a better window title when running in a browser (#79).

• The addin now does not crash RStudio when closing the window (#78).

pkgsearch 3.0.0

• New RStudio addin to search for packages in a GUI: pkg_search_addin().

• New cran_package(), cran_packages() and cran_package_history() functions to query metadata about certain packages.

• New cran_events() function to list recent CRAN events, new, updated or archived packages.

• New cran_top_downloaded() function to query packages with the most downloads.

• New cran_trending() function to return the trending CRAN packages.

• New function advanced_search() for more search flexibility.

pkgsearch 2.0.1

• Fix a bug when a search hit does not have a 'downloads' field. (Because it is a brand new package.)

pkgsearch 2.0.0

First release on CRAN.

metacran/seer documentation built on June 15, 2025, 8:32 a.m.