laus_get_measure: Acquire the measure code used in the series id for...

In mikeasilva/blsAPI: Request Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics API

Acquire the measure code used in the series id for observations in Labor Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) data

Description

Gathers the measure code used in the laus_get_data function to acquire a data frame using the blsAPI function that request data through the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics API. The laus_get_areacode function is called by the laus_get_data function not the user.

Usage

laus_get_measure(measure)

Arguments

measure

a string containing the desired measure. Exs: unemployment rate, labor force, employment, etc.

Details

See <https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.measure> to see the format of the strings used in the measure param found in the measure_text column

Value

returns a string representing a measure code

Examples

library(blsAPI)
laus_get_measure("unemployment rate")

mikeasilva/blsAPI documentation built on May 11, 2023, 4:57 a.m.