Provides R access to theCOVIDcast Epidata API published by theDelphi group atCarnegie Mellon University. This API provides daily access to a range of COVID-related signals Delphi that builds and maintains, from sources like symptom surveys and medical claims data, and also standard signals that we simply mirror, like confirmed cases and deaths.
Fetching data in a data frame is as easyselecting the signal you want and then usingcovidcast_signal():
library(covidcast)deaths<-covidcast_signal("jhu-csse","deaths_incidence_num","2020-04-15","2021-04-15", geo_type="nation")plot(deaths, plot_type="line")
The package supports convenient plotting and mapping tools, correlation analyses between signals, and various geographic utilities for working with counties, metropolitan areas, and other units.
Consult theCOVIDcast Epidata API documentation for details on the data included in the API, licensing, and how to cite this data in your work. Thesignals documentation lists all the data sources and signals available through this API.
To get started using this package, view the Getting Started guide atvignette("covidcast").
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Usage terms and citation
We request that if you use the covidcast package in your work, or use any of the data provided by the COVIDcast Epidata API, that you cite us using the citations given bycitation("covidcast"). See theCOVIDcast Epidata licensing documentation for information about citing the datasets provided by the API.
Warning: If you use data from the COVIDcast API to power a product, dashboard, app, or other service, please download the data you need and store it centrally rather than making API requests for every user. Our server resources are limited and cannot support high-volume interactive use.
See also theCOVIDcast Terms of Use, noting that the data is a research product and not warranted for a particular purpose.
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Developers
- Taylor Arnold
Author - Jacob Bien
Author - Logan Brooks
Author - Sarah Colquhoun
Author - David Farrow
Author - Kathryn Mazaitis
Author - Alex Reinhart
Author, maintainer - Ryan Tibshirani
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