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Update getSymbols.R
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Update getSymbols.FRED.Rd
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions R/getSymbols.R
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Expand Up @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ function(Symbols,env,return.class='xts',

# getSymbols.FRED {{{
`getSymbols.FRED` <- function(Symbols,env,
return.class="xts", ...) {
return.class="xts", timeout=10, ...) {
importDefaults("getSymbols.FRED")
this.env <- environment()
for(var in names(list(...))) {
Expand All @@ -742,12 +742,13 @@ function(Symbols,env,return.class='xts',

returnSym <- Symbols
noDataSym <- NULL
ch <- curl::new_handle(timeout=timeout)

for(i in seq_along(Symbols)) {
if(verbose) cat("downloading ",Symbols[[i]],".....\n\n")
test <- try({
URL <- paste0(FRED.URL, Symbols[[i]])
fr <- read.csv(curl::curl(URL),na.strings=".")
fr <- read.csv(curl::curl(URL, handle=ch),na.strings=".")

if(verbose) cat("done.\n")
fr <- xts(as.matrix(fr[,-1]),
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions man/getSymbols.FRED.Rd
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Expand Up @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ additional getSymbols \sQuote{methods}.
getSymbols.FRED(Symbols,
env,
return.class = "xts",
timeout=10,
...)
}
%- maybe also 'usage' for other objects documented here.
Expand All @@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ getSymbols.FRED(Symbols,
the names of each symbol to be loaded}
\item{env}{ where to create objects. (.GlobalEnv) }
\item{return.class}{ class of returned object }
\item{timeout}{ timeout for the call in seconds }
\item{\dots}{ additional parameters }
}
\details{
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