--- title: "Getting Started with PurpleAirAPI" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Getting Started with PurpleAirAPI} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r setup} library(PurpleAirAPI) ``` ## Introduction The PurpleAirAPI package provides tools for accessing air quality data from PurpleAir sensors. This vignette demonstrates how to: 1. Get sensor metadata 2. Download historical data ## Getting Sensor Information First, let's get information about available sensors: ```{r, eval=FALSE} # Replace with your API key api_key <- "YOUR_API_KEY" ``` ```{r, eval=FALSE} # Get sensor locations sensors <- getPurpleairSensors( apiReadKey = api_key, fields = c("latitude", "longitude", "date_created", "last_seen", "location_type") ) ``` ```{r, include=FALSE} # Example output structure (not real data): sensors <- data.frame( sensor_index = c(1234, 5678), latitude = c(37.7749, 34.0522), longitude = c(-122.4194, -118.2437), date_created = as.Date(c("2020-01-01", "2020-02-01")), last_seen = as.Date(c("2024-01-01", "2024-01-01")), location_type = c(0, 1), stringsAsFactors = FALSE ) ``` ```{r, eval=TRUE} print(sensors) ``` ## Downloading Historical Data Once you have identified sensors of interest, you can download their historical data: ```{r, eval=FALSE} # Download one week of hourly data history <- getSensorHistory( sensorIndex = c(1234, 5678), # Example sensor IDs apiReadKey = api_key, startDate = "2024-01-01", endDate = "2024-01-07", average = 60, # hourly averages fields = c("pm2.5_alt", "temperature", "humidity") ) ``` ```{r, include=FALSE} # Example output structure (not real data): history <- data.frame( time_stamp = c("2024-01-01 00:00:00", "2024-01-01 01:00:00"), humidity = c(68.2, 69.0), temperature = c(50.4, 48.6), pm2.5_alt = c(3.4, 2.0), sensor_index = c(1234, 1234), stringsAsFactors = FALSE ) ``` ```{r, eval=TRUE} print(history) ```