R package to interact with Public Health England’s Fingertips data tool
minor bug fixes to improve usability
New function indicator_update_information() provides information on when indicator was most recently updated; minor bug fixes
New AreaTypeIDs available for nearest_neighbours()
Bug fixes
Minor improvements to allow for new field in indicator_metadata() function
Bug fixes and minor changes; indicator_metadata() accepts IndicatorID = "All"
Major release because of backwards incompatibiilty of fingertips_data() function (AreaTypeID now no longer has a default). Other improvements are that more area types are available for deprivation_decile() and also AreaTypeID = "All" in fingertips_data() is now faster and includes a progress bar.
Minor changes to restore functionality to some users which was lost at the previous update
This release now incorporates a helpful message to the user if the API is unavailable.
The main features in this release are that there is a new "All" option for AreaTypeID in fingertips_data() (though this is slow). Also, when getting data from the API, the package will retry a number of times upon timing out. There are a couple of minor updated to area_types() and category_types() too. See the NEWS file for info on these.