JapanAPIs (version 0.1.1)

get_japan_life_expectancy: Get Japan's Life Expectancy at Birth from World Bank

Description

Retrieves Japan's life expectancy at birth (in years) for the years 2010 to 2022 using the World Bank Open Data API. The indicator used is SP.DYN.LE00.IN.

Usage

get_japan_life_expectancy()

Value

A tibble with the following columns, or NULL if the API is unavailable:

• indicator: Indicator name (e.g., "Life expectancy at birth, total (years)")

• country: Country name ("Japan")

• year: Year of the data (integer)

• value: Life expectancy value in numeric form (years)

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

Examples

# \donttest{
# Requires internet connection
result <- get_japan_life_expectancy()
if (!is.null(result)) {
  print(result)
}
# }