ChinAPIs (version 0.1.0)

get_china_gdp: Get China's GDP (Current US$) from World Bank

Description

Retrieves China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in current US dollars for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is NY.GDP.MKTP.CD.

Usage

get_china_gdp()

Value

A tibble with the following columns:

• indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "GDP (current US$)")

• country: Country name ("China")

• year: Year of the data (integer)

• value: GDP value in numeric form

• value_label: Formatted GDP value (e.g., "1,466,464,899,304")

Details

The function sends a GET request to the World Bank API. If the API request fails or returns an error status code, the function returns NULL with an informative message.

See Also

GET, fromJSON, as_tibble, comma

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  get_china_gdp()
}