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API request of DHS Publications

Source: R/api_endpoints.R
dhs_publications.Rd

API request of DHS Publications

Usage

dhs_publications(
  countryIds = NULL,
  selectSurveys = NULL,
  indicatorIds = NULL,
  surveyIds = NULL,
  surveyYear = NULL,
  surveyYearStart = NULL,
  surveyYearEnd = NULL,
  surveyType = NULL,
  surveyCharacteristicIds = NULL,
  tagIds = NULL,
  f = NULL,
  returnFields = NULL,
  perPage = NULL,
  page = NULL,
  client = NULL,
  force = FALSE,
  all_results = TRUE
)

Arguments

countryIds

Specify a comma separated list of country ids to filter by. For a list of countries use dhs_countries(returnFields=c("CountryName","DHS_CountryCode"))

selectSurveys

Specify to filter data from the latest survey by including `selectSurveys=TRUE` in your request. Note: Please use this parameter in conjunction with countryCode, surveyType, or indicatorIds for best results.

indicatorIds

Specify a comma separated list of indicators ids to filter by. For a list of indicators use dhs_indicators(returnFields=c("IndicatorId","Label","Definition"))

surveyIds

Specify a comma separated list of survey ids to filter by. For a list of surveys use dhs_surveys(returnFields=c("SurveyId","SurveyYearLabel", "SurveyType","CountryName"))

surveyYear

Specify a comma separated list of survey years to filter by.

surveyYearStart

Specify a range of Survey Years to filter Publications on. surveyYearStart is an inclusive value. Can be used alone or in conjunction with surveyYearEnd.

surveyYearEnd

Specify a range of Survey Years to filter Publications on. surveyYearEnd is an inclusive value. Can be used alone or in conjunction with surveyYearStart.

surveyType

Specify a survey type to filter by.

surveyCharacteristicIds

Specify a survey characteristic id to filter publications with countries with the specified survey characteristics. For a list of survey characteristics use dhs_surveys(returnFields=c("SurveyId","SurveyYearLabel", "SurveyType","CountryName"))

tagIds

Specify a tag id to filter publications with surveys containing indicators with the specified tag. For a list of tags use dhs_tags()

f

You can specify the format of the data returned from the query as HTML, JSON, PJSON, geoJSON, JSONP, XML or CSV. The default data format is JSON.

returnFields

Specify a list of attributes to be returned.

perPage

Specify the number of results to be returned per page. By default the API will return 100 results.

page

Allows specifying a page number to obtain for the API request. By default the API will return page 1.

client

If the API request should be cached, then provide a client object created by client_dhs

force

Should we force fetching the API results, and ignore any cached results we have. Default = FALSE

all_results

Boolean for if all results should be returned. If FALSE then the specified page only will be returned. Default = TRUE.

Value

Returns a data.table of 10 (or less if returnFields is provided) publications with detailed information for each publication. A detailed description of all the attributes returned is provided at https://api.dhsprogram.com/rest/dhs/publications/fields

Examples


if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# A main use for the publications API endpoint is to find which surveys have
# a published report resulting from the conducted survey:

dat <- dhs_publications()

# A complete list of examples for how each argument to the publications
# API endpoint can be provided is given below, which is a
# copy of each of the examples listed in the API at:

# https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/api-publications.cfm


dat <- dhs_publications(countryIds="EG",all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(selectSurveys="latest",all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(indicatorIds="FE_FRTR_W_TFR",all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(surveyIds="SN2010DHS",all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(surveyYear="2010",all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(surveyYearStart="2006",all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(surveyYearStart="1991", surveyYearEnd="2006",
all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(surveyType="DHS",all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(surveyCharacteristicIds="32",all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(tagIds=1,all_results=FALSE)
dat <- dhs_publications(f="html",all_results=FALSE)
} # }