census_api
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tyrauber
A Ruby Gem for querying the US Census Bureau API
> About a year ago, the U.S. Census Bureau began the process of centralizing all data in the Census API into a uniform and consistent format across all datasets and...
> About a year ago, the U.S. Census Bureau began the process of centralizing all data in the Census API into a uniform and consistent format across all datasets and...
I'm imagining adding a `CensusApi::FieldFinder` module that lets people search for fields with a certain string in them, for example: ``` ruby @finder = CensusApi::FieldFinder.new @finder.find_table 'population' ``` This would...
At present, you pass in fields that are just the codes listed in the Census reference handbook. This provides reliability, but it's not very Rubyish. I think it's possible to...
Let users indicate states and counties by name instead of numerical code, using hash syntax. ``` ruby @client.find('P0010001', county: 'Suffolk', state: 'MA') @client.find('P0010001', county: 'Suffolk County', state: 'Massachusetts') @client.find('P0010001', county:...