keberwein/blscrapeR

bls_api() suddenly returning error message

KevinCPhelps opened this issue · 2 comments

KevinCPhelps commented

Hello,

I recently discovered that every time I run the bls_api() function, I now receive the following error message:

Error in if (jsondat$status == "REQUEST_SUCCEEDED") { :
argument is of length zero

This has never happened before. I updated my rlang package to the latest version but am still receiving the error, no matter which series IDs I request.

Thanks for your help,
Kevin

keberwein commented

Hey @KevinCPhelps thanks for the report. I couldn't reproduce the result, could you send me the exact call you're using? That error message is generated by the BLS back-end API, so we'll have to do a bit of checking.

I ran the following and it worked as expected.
df <- bls_api("CUSR0000SA0").

Also note: The daily query limit is 25 requests unless you're using an API key. Is it possible you've hit the limit?

KevinCPhelps commented

Thanks for the quick response! Here’s the call I’m using:

usdata<-bls_api(c("CEU0500000001", "LNU04000000"), startyear=2014, endyear=2023, registrationKey = bls_key)

I don’t think it’s possible that I’ve hit the daily limit and I get the same result regardless of whether I include my API key or not. I’ve also tried other series IDs but to no avail.

Thanks again,
Kevin