risk.assessr (version 3.0.1)

get_cran_total_downloads: Get CRAN Total or Recent Downloads for a Package

Description

Retrieves either all-time total downloads or the total from the last `n` full months for a given CRAN package.

Usage

get_cran_total_downloads(pkg, months = NULL)

Value

An integer: total number of downloads.

Arguments

pkg

Character string, the name of the CRAN package.

months

Integer. If NULL, returns all-time total; otherwise, returns total from the last `months` full months (excluding current).

Details

Similar data can be obtained via:

https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/ggplot2 https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/last-month/ggplot2

Examples

if (FALSE) {
  get_cran_total_downloads("ggplot2")        # all-time total
  # 160776616

  get_cran_total_downloads("ggplot2", 3)     # last 3 full months
  # 4741707

  get_cran_total_downloads("ggplot2", 12)    # last 12 full months
  # 19878885
}