Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

worldbank (development version)

worldbank 0.8.0

CRAN release: 2026-03-15

• wb_data() gains mrv and gapfill parameters to query the most recent values and forward-fill missing data.
• wb_project() queries World Bank project data with support for filtering by country, status, region, date range, and free-text search.
• pip_cp() returns country profile data from the PIP API.
• pip_data() gains a nowcast parameter to include nowcast estimates.
• wb_cache_clear() replaces wb_cache_delete(), which is now deprecated.

worldbank 0.7.1

CRAN release: 2025-12-06

• Don’t cache queries in tests to comply with CRAN

worldbank 0.7.0

CRAN release: 2025-11-10

• Added optional request caching to improve performance for repeated queries. Enable with options(worldbank.cache = TRUE). Cache duration can be customized with worldbank.cache_max_age (default: 1 day).
• New functions wb_cache_delete() and wb_cache_dir() to manage the cache.

worldbank 0.6.1

CRAN release: 2025-08-29

• Documentation improvements.

worldbank 0.6.0

CRAN release: 2025-05-29

• wb_data() has been added as an alias for wb_country_indicator()

worldbank 0.5.0

CRAN release: 2025-01-27

• wb_country_indicator() now allows for multiple indicators to be requested at once.

worldbank 0.4.0

CRAN release: 2024-12-09

• Removed conditional return of tibble and now always return a data.frame instead. This ensures type stability across all functions.
• Add support for Finances One API data.

worldbank 0.3.0

CRAN release: 2024-08-26

• Moved to HTTPS for all API calls
• Support for Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) data

worldbank 0.2.0

CRAN release: 2024-07-31

• Support month and quarter date format in wb_country_indicator()
• More robust error handling

worldbank 0.1.0

CRAN release: 2024-07-02

• Initial CRAN submission.