[acs-r] 2016 1-year data - unable to acquire

[Ezra Haber Glenn]

Yes -- patch being tested as we speak, should be on cran by the end of
the week.

Sorry!

On Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:55:25 -0400, Meagan Pharis wrote:
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> I’m also unable to acquire ACS 2016 1-year data using acs.fetch. I believe the function is
> calling the wrong url. My code, error message, and suggestion below.
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> Code:
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> phila = geo.make(state = "PA", county = 101, check = T)
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> test <- acs.fetch(2016, span = 1, geography = phila, variable = "B01003_001E")
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> Returns:
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> Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection
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> In addition: Warning message:
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> No data found at:
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>   https://api.census.gov/data/2016/acs1?key=9f1ca4bc23f2ff77ab0471d2c80758717b116428&get=B01003_001EE,B01003_001EM,NAME&for=county:101&in=state:42 
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> The correct url would be: https://api.census.gov/data/2016/acs/acs1?key=....
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> See the extra “/acs/” in the url?
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> I believe this is a census api address schema change. They’ve left the older ones open,
> allowing for call on 2015 acs data to still work.
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> Thank you,
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> Meagan Pharis
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> Senior Associate, Research and Science – Philadelphia Research Initiative
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