fred_tags {eFRED}

Fetch Information on a Tag in FRED

Description

Each of the functions accept a tag name and return the requested information in a data.frame.

Usage

fred_tags(key = NULL, args = list())

fred_related_tags(..., key = NULL, args = list())

fred_tags_series(..., key = NULL, args = list())

Arguments

key

32 character lower-cased alpha-numeric character string

args

named list of other arguments passed to the API, including "limit", "offset", "sort_order", etc. See fred_search for more details on accepted parameters.

...

character vectors of tag names to search

Details

Each function returns the following information in a data.frame.

fred_tags

Tag name, its group id, popularity, the number of series that are tagged, when it was created, and any notes about the tag

fred_related_tags

Same as fred_tags

fred_tags_series

Series id, its title, observations start and end, frequency, units, seasonal adjustment type, popularity, realtime start and end, and when it was last updated

Value

data.frame with entries described in details

Functions

• fred_tags: get the tag names associated with the search parameters

• fred_related_tags: get the tags that are related to one or more tag names

• fred_tags_series: get the series associated with tags