{"repo":"btskinner/rscorecard","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/btskinner/rscorecard","clone":"git clone https://github.com/btskinner/rscorecard.git","description":"R wrapper for U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data API","language":"R","stars":29,"topics":["r","education-college-scorecard","higher-education-data","scorecard-data","api-wrapper"],"license":null,"category":"api-integrations-sdks","readme_excerpt":"rscorecard This package is an R wrapper for the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard API. It allows users to select and filter Scorecard variables with piped commands a la dplyr . Installation Install the latest released version from CRAN with install.packages(\"rscorecard\") Install the latest development version from Github with devtools::install github(\"btskinner/rscorecard\") This package relies on the Scorecard data dictionary, so I will attempt to update it in a timely fashion whenever new Scorecard data are released. Because it sometimes takes a few days to get a package on CRAN, you may want to download the developmental version in the days immediately following a data update. Usage Set API key Get your Data.gov API key at . Save your key in your R environment at the start of your R session using sc key() : ## use your real key in place of the Xs sc key('xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx') Request data library(rscorecard) df sc filter(region == 2, ccbasic == c(21,22,23), locale == 41:43) sc select(unitid, instnm, stabbr) sc year(\"latest\") sc get() ## Request complete! df ## # A tibble: 6 x 4 ## unitid instnm stabbr year ## ## 1 191676 Houghton College NY latest ## 2 194392 Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science NY latest ## 3 196051 SUNY Morrisville NY latest ## 4 197230 Wells College NY latest ## 5 214625 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington PA latest ## 6 214643 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre PA latest For mor","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/btskinner","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/btskinner/rscorecard/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}