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acledR | ACLED’s official R package

acledR is the official R package from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), providing tools for extracting and manipulating ACLED data. The acledR site hosts more information on how to use the package, including a general overview on the Get Started page.

To access ACLED data, please register an account at myACLED. You can find detailed instructions about the ACLED API here.

Installation

# Install via cran
install.packages("acledR")

# Install development version from github
devtools::install_github("dtacled/acledR")

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install.packages('acledR')

Monthly Downloads

252

Version

1.0.1

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Trey Billing

Last Published

September 19th, 2025

Functions in acledR (1.0.1)

acled_update

Updating your ACLED dataset
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Pipe operator
acled_countries

ACLED Countries
acled_multipliers

ACLED Multipliers
acled_auth

Authenticate a request via ACLED API OAuth endpoint.
acled_api

Request data from ACLED API
acled_deletions_api

Request data from the ACLED Deletions API
acled_transform_interaction

Change interaction codes from numeric labels to string labels
acled_rounding

Rounding function
acledR-package

acledR: Manipulate ACLED Data
acled_transform_longer

Transform ACLED data from wide to long
acled_transform_wider

Reverse Transform ACLED Data from Long to Wide
acled_old_deletion_dummy

Second dummy data frame of ACLED events emulating an old format, used in acled_deletion_api Vignette
acled_event_categories

ACLED Event Categories
acled_interaction_codes

ACLED interaction codes
acled_codebook

ACLED Codebook
acled_regions

ACLED Regions
acled_old_dummy

A dummy data frame of ACLED events emulating an old format, used in "Keeping your dataset updated" Vignette