Get the child categories for a specified FRED parent category

Get the child categories for a specified FRED parent category

fredr_category_children(
  category_id,
  ...,
  realtime_start = NULL,
  realtime_end = NULL
)

Arguments

category_id

An integer ID for the category.

...

These dots only exist for future extensions and should be empty.

realtime_start

A Date indicating the start of the real-time period. Defaults to today's date. For more information, see Real-Time Periods.

realtime_end

A Date indicating the end of the real-time period. Defaults to today's date. For more information, see Real-Time Periods.

Value

A tibble object containing the name and ID for the children categories of the parent category indicated by category_id.

API Documentation

fred/category/children

See also

fredr_category(), fredr_category_related(), fredr_category_series(), fredr_category_tags(), fredr_category_related_tags()

Examples

if (fredr_has_key()) {
# Children of the root category
fredr_category_children(category_id = 0L)
# Children of the "Production & Business Activity" category
fredr_category_children(category_id = 1L)
}
#> # A tibble: 16 × 3
#>       id name                                         parent_id
#>    <int> <chr>                                            <int>
#>  1 32262 Business Cycle Expansions & Contractions             1
#>  2 33936 Business Surveys                                     1
#>  3 32436 Construction                                         1
#>  4 33940 Emissions                                            1
#>  5 33955 Expenditures                                         1
#>  6 33490 Finance Companies                                    1
#>  7 32216 Health Insurance                                     1
#>  8    97 Housing                                              1
#>  9     3 Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization         1
#> 10 32429 Manufacturing                                        1
#> 11 33959 Patents                                              1
#> 12     6 Retail Trade                                         1
#> 13 33441 Services                                             1
#> 14 33492 Technology                                           1
#> 15 33202 Transportation                                       1
#> 16 33203 Wholesale Trade                                      1