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dpdr

Interface to Health Canada Drug Product Database API

v0.1.0 · Mar 2, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE
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Description

A programmatic interface to Health Canada's Drug Product Database (DPD) REST API for querying information about drugs approved for use in Canada. More information on the DPD can be found in the API guide (<https://health-products.canada.ca/api/documentation/dpd-documentation-en.html>).

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ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

examples

Running examples in ‘dpdr-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
> ### Name: dpd_active_ingredient
> ### Title: Active Ingredient
> ### Aliases: dpd_active_ingredient
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> dpd_active_ingredient(id = 48905)
Error in httr2::resp_body_html(resp) : The package "xml2" is required.
Calls: dpd_active_ingredient ... process_dpd_response -> <Anonymous> -> check_installed
Execution halted

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ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 6, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

examples

Running examples in ‘dpdr-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:

> base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
> ### Name: dpd_active_ingredient
> ### Title: Active Ingredient
> ### Aliases: dpd_active_ingredient
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> dpd_active_ingredient(id = 48905)
Error in httr2::resp_body_html(resp) : The package "xml2" is required.
Calls: dpd_active_ingredient ... process_dpd_response -> <Anonymous> -> check_installed
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies glue httr2 jsonlite memoise rlang tibble dpdr

Version History

new 0.1.0 Mar 10, 2026