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wbdata

Release 0.3.0 Oliver Sherouse

Jun 28, 2020

1 What is wbdata? 2 Installation 3 Detailed Documentation 4 A Typical User Session Python Module Index Index

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ONE WHAT IS WBDATA?

Wbdata is a simple python interface to find and request information from the World Bank's various databases, either as a dictionary containing full metadata or as a pandas DataFrame. Currently, wbdata wraps most of the World Bank API, and also adds some convenience functions for searching and retrieving information. Wbdata was designed to be used either in a script or in a shell. In a shell, wbdata assumes that the user will use most functions to look up the codes necessary to retrieve the information he wants. To this end, the default in shell mode for most functions is to simply print the id and human-readable name of each item in question. In a script, the default is to return the entire response from the World Bank converted to python objects. All the functions that you need to get started are in the wbdata module. Finally, it should be pointed out that wbdata is in the "release early" portion of the "release early, release often" cycle, and the current test suite is pretty perfunctory. You won't end up with the wrong data, but any irregularities I haven't specifically encountered in the World Bank database have not been dealt with.

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