requir## Samizdata
The package samizdata aims at provide some useful tools for working with time series data retrieved by Samizdata provider. It allows to easily retrieve and transform time series data through a variety of official sources.
To get the current development version from github:
install.packages("devtools")
require("devtools")
install_github("Muladhara/samizdata")
#download from the source 'fred' the time series 'gdp'
x <- getSamiz("fred", "gdp")
#download from the source 'fred' the time series 'gdp' at the vintage date '2015-07-01'
x <- getSamiz("fred", "gdp", vintage="2015-07-01")
#download from the source 'worldbank' the time series 'ic.tax.totl.cp.zs',
#for the country Albania 'AL', with the transformation 'log'
x <- getSamiz("worldbank", "ic.tax.totl.cp.zs", country="AL", transformation="log")
#download from the source 'ecb' the time series 'gst_a_fi_n_b0x13_m8v_b1300_sa_e'
#at the transformation 'log'
x <- getSamiz("ecb", "gst_a_fi_n_b0x13_m8v_b1300_sa_e", transformation="log")