# Intoduction to ukhsadatR

## Introduction

The `ukhsadatR` package provides easy access to UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data via their API.

## Example

Below demonstrates how to retrieve daily reported COVID-19 cases at the national level for England:

    library(ukhsadatR)

    get_data(
      theme = "infectious_disease",
      sub_theme = "respiratory",
      topic = "COVID-19",
      geography_type = "Nation",
      geography = "England",
      metric = "COVID-19_cases_casesByDay"
    ) |>
      head()
    #>                theme   sub_theme    topic geography_type geography
    #> 1 infectious_disease respiratory COVID-19         Nation   England
    #> 2 infectious_disease respiratory COVID-19         Nation   England
    #> 3 infectious_disease respiratory COVID-19         Nation   England
    #> 4 infectious_disease respiratory COVID-19         Nation   England
    #> 5 infectious_disease respiratory COVID-19         Nation   England
    #> 6 infectious_disease respiratory COVID-19         Nation   England
    #>   geography_code                    metric metric_group stratum sex age year
    #> 1      E92000001 COVID-19_cases_casesByDay        cases default all all 2020
    #> 2      E92000001 COVID-19_cases_casesByDay        cases default all all 2020
    #> 3      E92000001 COVID-19_cases_casesByDay        cases default all all 2020
    #> 4      E92000001 COVID-19_cases_casesByDay        cases default all all 2020
    #> 5      E92000001 COVID-19_cases_casesByDay        cases default all all 2020
    #> 6      E92000001 COVID-19_cases_casesByDay        cases default all all 2020
    #>   month epiweek       date metric_value in_reporting_delay_period
    #> 1     1       5 2020-01-30            1                     FALSE
    #> 2     1       5 2020-01-31            0                     FALSE
    #> 3     2       5 2020-02-01            0                     FALSE
    #> 4     2       5 2020-02-02            1                     FALSE
    #> 5     2       6 2020-02-03           18                     FALSE
    #> 6     2       6 2020-02-04            0                     FALSE