Query DHS API Directly via URL Parameters — download_dhs

Builds and queries DHS API for indicator data using URL-based access instead of rdhs package.

Usage

download_dhs_indicators(
  countryIds,
  indicatorIds,
  surveyIds = NULL,
  surveyYear = NULL,
  surveyYearStart = NULL,
  surveyYearEnd = NULL,
  breakdown = "subnational",
  f = "json"
)

Arguments

countryIds: Comma-separated DHS country code(s), e.g., "SL"
indicatorIds: Comma-separated DHS indicator ID(s), e.g., "CM_ECMR_C_U5M"
surveyIds: Optional comma-separated survey ID(s), e.g., "SL2016DHS"
surveyYear: Optional exact survey year, e.g., "2016"
surveyYearStart: Optional survey year range start
surveyYearEnd: Optional survey year range end
breakdown: One of: "national", "subnational", "background", "all"
f: Format to return (default is "json")

Value

A data.frame containing the Data portion of the API response.