R package to interact with the RePEc API.
See: https://ideas.repec.org/api.html
This package is on CRAN. To install it, type in your R console:
install.packages('repec')To install the latest version, you can use the devtools package:
# install.packages('devtools') # If not already installed
devtools::install_github('chrMongeau/repec')You will need to ask for an access code (see link above) that is linked
to a specific IP. The code will be needed when calling most
of the functions by using the code parameter (see below). One way to
avoid passing explicitly the code is to create the REPEC_API_KEY
environment variable. The code below can be put in your .RProfile so
that it is always available when you start R:
# YOURCODE is your personal access code
Sys.setenv(REPEC_API_KEY = 'YOURCODE')The functions generally accept a Short-ID (e.g., pmo915) or a string.
getauthorshortid
getauthornepgetauthorrecordfullgetauthorrecordrawgetauthorstatsgetauthortwittergetfirstpubyeargetgenealogygethindexgetinstrecordgetjelforitem
There is a generic function (repec_api_with_id) that can be used to call
one of the methods that use a Short-ID and is not yet available in the
package:
repec_api_with_id(id = 'pmo915', method = 'somemethod', code = 'YOURCODE')In the previous example somemethod is the name of the method you want
to call (e.g., getauthornep, getauthortwitter).
areyoutheretestipwhatismyip
Functions were named according to the API method, but they have underscored
aliases that make them more readable. For instance, getauthornep(...) can
be called as get_author_nep(...), whatismyip(...) as what_is_my_ip(...),
etc. You probably get the point.
Not all the API methods are available in the package. Unfortunately I have not access to all of them, thus I don't know what they actually do. If you want a function to be added, and know what it returns, please open an issue.