State code look up

Function to simplify finding state and state code definitions. Used in readNWISdata and readWQPdata.

Usage

stateCdLookup(input, outputType = "postal", country = "US")

Arguments

input

could be character (full name, abbreviation, id), or numeric (id)

outputType

character can be "postal", "fullName", "tableIndex", or "id".

country

description

Examples

# \donttest{
fullName <- stateCdLookup("wi", "fullName")
#> GET: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/samples-data/codeservice/states?mimeType=application%2Fjson
abbriev <- stateCdLookup("Wisconsin", "postal")
#> GET: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/samples-data/codeservice/states?mimeType=application%2Fjson
id <- stateCdLookup("WI", "id")
#> GET: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/samples-data/codeservice/states?mimeType=application%2Fjson
name <- stateCdLookup(55, "fullName")
#> GET: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/samples-data/codeservice/states?mimeType=application%2Fjson
fips <- stateCdLookup("WI", "fips")
#> GET: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/samples-data/codeservice/states?mimeType=application%2Fjson
canada_st <- stateCdLookup(13, "fullName", country = "CA")
#> GET: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/samples-data/codeservice/states?mimeType=application%2Fjson
mexico_st <- stateCdLookup(13, "fullName", country = "MX")
#> GET: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/samples-data/codeservice/states?mimeType=application%2Fjson
stateCdLookup(c("West Virginia", "Wisconsin", 200, 55, "MN"))
#> GET: https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/samples-data/codeservice/states?mimeType=application%2Fjson
#> [1] "WV" "WI" NA   "WI" "MN"
# }