The goal of{dawaR} is to make access to the Danish WebAddress API convenient for many more users.
The deprecation date for DAWA has been published. The service will beshut down on the first of July 2026. Address data on DAWA (and in thispackage) will not be updated after april 2026. Read more:https://dataforsyningen.dk/data/4924
You can install{dawaR} from CRAN with:
install.packages("dawaR")Or you can install the latest pre-release version of{dawaR} from r-universe with:
install.packages("dawaR",repos =c(aleksanderbl29 ="https://aleksanderbl29.r-universe.dev",getOption("repos") ))You can install the latest development version of{dawaR} fromGitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")devtools::install_github("aleksanderbl29/dawaR")If you install the package in an environment configured withrenvon MacOS, please consultvignette("renv-issues") to ensurethatget_map_data() works as intended.
Be sure to see thegettingstarted and theguideon how to make maps with {dawaR}.
THE DATE IS 1st of July 2026
The government entity that maintains the Danish Web Address API hasdisclosed that the API will be phased out at some point. When that timecomes, this package will become deprecated and I will have anotherpackage ready to provide the same functionality. The service that is toreplace DAWA is called Datafordeleren (The Data Distribution) and is inthe works. Some functionality in relation to The Central Register ofBuildings (BBR) has already been moved to the new service.
If you know how to read danish (or use machine-translation) you cankeep yourself up to date onthis page.
But no worries! It does not sound like the shutdown of DAWA willhappen anytime soon or without due notice. You can read more about thisand read the history of updates invignette("status"). Anyminor updates will be shown there. Major ones will be on this page. Bothwill be communicated withlifecycle in the functions.