readabs 0.4.12

readabs 0.4.11

New options available in read_payrolls(). Thanks to @martintburgess.
Fixes to adapt to changes the ABS made to its time series spreadsheets without warning. Thanks to @Henry-DJPR.
Fix to ensure read_abs_local() works with .xlsx files as well as .xlsx. Thanks to @hamgamb.

“industry_wages” is no longer an option in read_payrolls() as it has been removed from the data
Bug fixes

read_abs_sdmx() function hard deprecated.
check_latest_date() function to check latest observation date for ABS time series
read_lfs_grossflows() convenience function added
utils::download.file() used rather than curl::curl_download()
Residual upstream dependence on curl eliminated
Workaround implemented for changes to ABS Weekly Payrolls release
search_catalogues() function added to make data cubes easier to find

Alternative method now used to check for internet access when running read_abs(); the function now works in a broader range of IT environments
README and vignette refined

Default path for read_abs() is now defined by an environmental variable; thanks to Hugh Parsonage for the idea and implementation.

separate_series() function gains a drop_nas argument, thanks to Sam Gow for the suggestion.
Added more unit tests and reorganised tests

New separate_series() function thanks to David Diviny, which splits the series column of tidied ABS time series into multiple components
New read_cpi() convenience function to get the CPI index numbers
Files read with read_abs() are now stored in a subdirectory of path corresponding to the catalogue number
New series_id argument to read_abs() allows users to get specific time series using their unique identifiers
Order of arguments to read_abs() have changed slightly, with new series_id argument added
Order of arguments to read_abs_local() have changed, new cat_no argument added, filenames argument works as before, but the argument order has changed
Fixed file path error when using read_abs(retain_files = FALSE) on Windows
get_abs() now deprecated; use read_abs() instead (it has identical functionality)

read_abs() now checks for internet access and returns a comprehensible error if not present
New function read_abs_seriesid() gets data corresponding to unique ABS time series IDs
Thanks to @HughParsonage for fixing the vignette index and suggesting other fixes
ABS API was (silently!) updated to use https rather than http; readabs now works with this
added a retain_files option (default = TRUE) to read_abs()

Merged with getabs package
New core function (read_abs()) to download, import and tidy data in one step
New function (read_abs_local()) to import and tidy locally-stored spreadsheets
read_abs_data() is now soft-deprecated and will be removed in a future release

Matt Cowgill is the new maintainer and author of readabs
Fixed issue (#1) with blank column names that arose from new name repair behaviour in tibble 2.0.0