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Release updates

alced.api version 1.1.8

• 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.

alced.api version 1.1.7 (Christmas version)

• Depreciate generic environment variable names for access information, adding “ACLED” to their names.

alced.api version 1.1.6

• Updated Rd files to HTML5 with current version of roxygen2.
• Fixed links.
• Updated ACLED API country list.

alced.api version 1.1.5

• Updated description based on GH issue #4
• Updated test-acled: “other.query works” time frame was empty
• Updated test-acled: removed duplicated tests

alced.api version 1.1.4

• 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

alced.api version 1.1.3

• 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

alced.api version 1.1.2

• 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

alced.api 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

alced.api version 1.1.0

• Improved error messages
• Dev link changes for GitLab switch

alced.api version 1.0.9

• 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

alced.api version 1.0.8

• 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

alced.api version 1.0.7

• Removed LICENSE file based on CRAN recommendation

alced.api version 1.0.6

• Updated licensing to CC BY-NC 4.0 based on CRAN recommendation

alced.api version 1.0.5

• Updated licensing
• Bug fix in country argument to support country names containing whitespaces

alced.api version 1.0.4

• Updated licensing and added file LICENSE
• Minor description revisions

alced.api 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

alced.api 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

alced.api version 1.0.1

• Minor bug and spelling fixes
• Title renamed
• Example down-sized

alced.api 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

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