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disastr.api

Wrapper for the UN OCHA ReliefWeb Disaster Events API

v1.0.6 · Apr 25, 2024 · GPL-3

Description

Access and manage the application programming interface (API) of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' (OCHA) ReliefWeb disaster events at <https://reliefweb.int/disasters>. The package requires a minimal number of dependencies. It offers functionality to retrieve a user-defined sample of disaster events from ReliefWeb, providing an easy alternative to scraping the ReliefWeb website. It enables a seamless integration of regular data updates into the research work flow.

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies httr jsonlite disastr.api

Version History

new 1.0.6 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.0.6 ← 1.0.5 diff Apr 24, 2024
updated 1.0.5 ← 1.0.4 diff Mar 4, 2021
updated 1.0.4 ← 1.0.3 diff Feb 8, 2021
updated 1.0.3 ← 1.0.2 diff Jan 6, 2021
updated 1.0.2 ← 1.0.1 diff Jan 5, 2021
new 1.0.1 Jan 4, 2021