Changes in version 1.1.9 - Updates to documentation: - Interaction argument description updated. - get.api.regions() updated. - Change of URLs to follow ACLED Codebook wandering around again, from https://acleddata.com/resources/general-guides/ to https://acleddata.com/knowledge-base/codebook/. Changes in version 1.1.8 (2024-04-22) - Improved error messages when calls to the API return unsuccessful. - Addressing ACLED bandwidth limits: - Accommodate empty content returns when bandwidth limit is hit. - Give warning message to users when making calls to download the whole dataset. - Improved descriptions and explanations in Details. - Adjusted all descriptions to match ACLED's API updates. - Adjusted get.api.regions() to reflect ACLED's changes to region codes. - Added the variables event_id_cnty, latitude, longitude, and tags to the default output. Changes in version 1.1.7 (2024-01-10) - Depreciate generic environment variable names for access information, adding "ACLED" to their names. Changes in version 1.1.6 (2022-08-22) - Updated Rd files to HTML5 with current version of roxygen2. - Fixed links. - Updated ACLED API country list. Changes in version 1.1.5 (2021-11-12) - Updated description based on GH issue #4 - Updated test-acled: "other.query works" time frame was empty - Updated test-acled: removed duplicated tests Changes in version 1.1.4 (2021-09-19) - Change of Maintainer email address to permanent address - Set up support function export for conveniently retrieving region names and codes - Added test for get.api.regions() - 1 merge request by Rob Williams https://github.com/jayrobwilliams - !4 More informative error messages (region & interaction mismatches) - Other slight revisions to warning messages Changes in version 1.1.3 (2021-03-28) - Resized README example data retrieval - Updated region names and codes based on new ACLED API guide - Bug fix in region call - testthat time frame check adjustment - testthat modules for region codes - Updates to arguments access.key and email.address documentation - Added support function module - 1 merge request by Rob Williams https://github.com/jayrobwilliams - !3 Bug fix: %20 instead of % for white spaces in country names Changes in version 1.1.2 (2021-03-04) - 1 merge request by Rob Williams https://github.com/jayrobwilliams - !2 Added filter argument "interaction" - Added Rob Williams as ctb - Minor revisions - Updated example in documentation - Added license badge - Minor correction to unit tests Changes in version 1.1.1 - Travis environment variables push - 1 merge request by Rob Williams https://github.com/jayrobwilliams - !1 Added unit tests - Minor README update Changes in version 1.1.0 (2021-02-09) - Improved error messages - Dev link changes for GitLab switch Changes in version 1.0.9 (2021-01-04) - Adjusted package documentation to address the issue of replicability - Added the variable "timestamp" to the function's default call - Other minor DESCRIPTION and README adjustments Changes in version 1.0.8 (2020-10-27) - Adjusted package to accommodate new ACLED access requirements. New arguments are: - email.address - access.key - Allow for "graceful fail" if resource not available (accommodating CRAN policy) - Minor README adjustments Changes in version 1.0.7 (2020-10-24) - Removed LICENSE file based on CRAN recommendation Changes in version 1.0.6 - Updated licensing to CC BY-NC 4.0 based on CRAN recommendation Changes in version 1.0.5 - Updated licensing - Bug fix in country argument to support country names containing whitespaces Changes in version 1.0.4 - Updated licensing and added file LICENSE - Minor description revisions Changes in version 1.0.3 - Added functionality to retrieve individual countries in addition to regions - Revised and updated argument information - Revised argument names - Added function details - Revised and updated error messages and warnings - Added error messages for bad requests/internet connection Changes in version 1.0.2 - Added functionality: argument "regions" now also recognizes region names - Link adjustments - Removed argument "print.data" due to redudancy - Added automated numeric variable class recognition and conversion - Added ACLED T&C to pkg load message - Revised package and function descriptions - Conducted more tests - Revised readme, added badges Changes in version 1.0.1 - Minor bug and spelling fixes - Title renamed - Example down-sized Changes in version 1.0.0 - This package provides functionality to access and manage the application programming interface (API) of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) at https://www.acleddata.com. - Arguments included in the first package version: - regions - start.date - end.date - more.variables - all.variables - dyadic - other.query - print.data