• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
  • Updated package to work with AWS file structure as updated in December 2020.
  • Added the ability to download the most recent Core files in read_core().
  • Added the ability to download the appropriate patterns files in read_many_patterns, and automated post-read re-aggregation.
  • Added (and integrated) the patterns_lookup() function, which shows the proper weekly files to look in for data on a particular date, and also can download those files.
  • Added the suite of “Volume Over Time” functions which can download, process, and graph visits_by_day weekly patterns data.
  • Switched reliance on safegraph_place_id to placekey since new files will no longer contain safegraph_place_id
  • Fixed an issue in read_many_patterns() where it would error if filter left zero observations in some subfiles
  • Added considerable support for Canadian data, including place names in state_info, fips_to_names, canada_cd_pop, and canada_cd_types.
  • Also changed fips_to_cbg to support Canada, and as a result the output is now character rather than numeric.
  • Updated buckets for safegraph_aws() (and patterns_lookup to match). NOTE THIS IS A BREAKING CHANGE. safegraph_aws() now only looks at the most updated versions of the data. Access to previous versions is discontinued, and you’ll need to do it by hand using aws.s3::s3sync. There’s no reason to use the old versions of the data anyway.
  • Changed data files to include leading zeroes for state and county FIPS
  • Moved filepaths for backfill data
  • Added safegraph_api and made safegraph_aws more flexible to not rely on the soon-shutting-down C19 bucket
  • Updated vignettes to reflect new usage, removed warning about “upcoming” changes.