NEWS

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PxWebApiData 1.9.0 (2026-02-02)

• Major update with new functions related to PxWebApi v2
  • get_api_data(): retrieve data from a pre-made URL
  • query_url(): generate a URL from specifications
  • api_data(): specify and retrieve data in one step
    • closely related to ApiData() for PxWebApi v1
  • meta_frames(): metadata structured as data frames
  • meta_data(): metadata downloaded without further processing
  • meta_code_list(): metadata for code lists, by default structured as a data frame
• The package now includes three vignettes
  • Using PxWebApi v1 with PxWebApiData (the original introduction vignette)
  • Using PxWebApi v2 with PxWebApiData
  • Introduction to PxWebApiData, which points to the two version-specific vignettes while preserving the original vignette URL

PxWebApiData 1.1.1 (2025-11-12)

• Extended comment() to include note elements and added info() and note() functions
  • Reflects an enhancement in the JSON-stat2 metadata, where note is introduced as a new field
  • Updated documentation for the makeNAstatus parameter to reference note() for explanation of NA status codes
  • Addresses issue #18

PxWebApiData 1.1.0 (2025-10-08)

• Switch from readymade datasets to PxWebApi 2 for Statistics Norway examples
  • Replaced readymade dataset examples
  • Included text about PxWebApi 2 as the new primary API for Statistics Norway (v1 still available with POST)
• Strengthened error handling for GET requests
  • Added more robust checks of responses and status codes

PxWebApiData 1.0.0 (2024-11-01)

• This package has been a stable workhorse, now updated to version 1.0.0.
• This package now has a documentation site at https://statisticsnorway.github.io/ssb-pxwebapidata, providing easy access to vignettes and guides.
• Now the comment attribute also includes elements tableid and contents whenever these are available.
• Minor updates with no changes in functionality
  • Changed package license to MIT, in accordance with the policy at Statistics Norway.
  • Updated outdated region codes in the vignette under Aggregations using filter agg.
  • Some technical changes in documentation to comply with standards.

PxWebApiData 0.9.0 (2024-01-29)

• Minor update regarding warnings:
  • Previously, some warnings were suppressed to comply with the CRAN policy (refer to version 0.6.0 below). Now, these warnings are instead converted to messages.

PxWebApiData 0.8.0 (2023-03-26)

• responseFormat, new parameter to ApiData with "json-stat2" as default.
  • Previously, "json-stat2" was not used.
• Now a comment attribute with elements label, source and updated is added to output as a named three-element character vector.
  • Thus, the comment attribute has been changed from the previous version
  • Run the comment function to obtain this information.
• Eurostat data example included in the vignette.
• More changes to meet CRAN policy as in version 0.6.0 (also when apiPackage = "pxweb")

PxWebApiData 0.7.0 (2021-10-11)

• makeNAstatus, new parameter to ApiData which represents new functionality.
  • When missing entries in value, the function tries to add an additional variable, named NAstatus, with status codes.

PxWebApiData 0.6.0 (2021-07-18)

• Changes to meet CRAN policy:
  • Packages which use Internet resources should fail gracefully with an informative message if the resource is not available or has changed (and not give a check warning nor error).

PxWebApiData 0.5.0 (2021-03-05)

• Possible to return a single data set as a data frame: First, second or both combined.
  • Handled by the new parameter returnDataSet. Possible non-NULL values are 1, 2 and 12.
  • New wrapper functions. Function names ending with 1, 2 or 12.

PxWebApiData 0.4.0 (2020-11-20)

• Last version before any news