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owidapi

Access the Our World in Data Chart API

v0.1.1 · Jun 23, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Retrieve data from the Our World in Data (OWID) Chart API <https://docs.owid.io/projects/etl/api/>. OWID provides public access to more than 5,000 charts focusing on global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality.

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ERROR r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

tests

  Running 'testthat.R' [4s]
Running the tests in 'tests/testthat.R' failed.
Complete output:
  > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
  > # It is recommended that you do not modify it.
  > #
  > # Where should you do additional test configuration?
  > # Learn more about the roles of various files in:
  > # * https://r-pkgs.org/testing-design.html#sec-tests-files-overview
  > # * https://testthat.r-lib.org/articles/special-files.html
  > 
  > library(testthat)
  > library(owidapi)
  > 
  > test_check("owidapi")
  Saving _problems/test-owid_get-83.R
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 14 | PASS 51 ]
  
  ══ Skipped tests (14) ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
  • On CRAN (14): 'test-owid_get.R:2:3', 'test-owid_get.R:12:3',
    'test-owid_get.R:21:3', 'test-owid_get.R:53:3', 'test-owid_get.R:62:3',
    'test-owid_get.R:72:3', 'test-owid_get_catalog.R:2:3',
    'test-owid_get_catalog.R:11:3', 'test-owid_get_metadata.R:2:3',
    'test-owid_get_metadata.R:12:3', 'test-owid_get_metadata.R:23:3',
    'test-owid_get_metadata.R:35:3', 'test-owid_get_metadata.R:46:3',
    'test-owid_get_metadata.R:64:3'
  
  ══ Failed tests ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
  ── Failure ('test-owid_get.R:83:3'): owid_get handles errors appropriately ─────
  Expected `owid_get("non-existent-dataset-12345")` to throw a error.
  
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 14 | PASS 51 ]
  Error:
  ! Test failures.
  Execution halted
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ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 9, 2026
ERROR r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

tests

  Running 'testthat.R' [4s]
Running the tests in 'tests/testthat.R' failed.
Complete output:
  > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat.
  > # It is recommended that you do not modify it.
  > #
  > # Where should you do additional test configuration?
  > # Learn more about the roles of various files in:
  > # * https://r-pkgs.org/testing-design.html#sec-tests-files-overview
  > # * https://testthat.r-lib.org/articles/special-files.html
  > 
  > library(testthat)
  > library(owida

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies cli httr2 jsonlite lifecycle tibble rlang econdataverse owidapi

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new 0.1.1 Mar 9, 2026