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cran_new(from = "last-week", to = "now", last = Inf)Start of the time interval to query. Possible values:
"last-week"
"last-month"
A Date object to be used as a start date.
A POSIXt object to be used as the start date.
A difftime object to used as the time interval until now.
An integer scalar, the number of days until today.
A character string that is converted to a start date using
as.POSIXct().
End of the time interval to query. It accepts the same kinds
of values as from, and additionally it can also be the string "now",
to specify the current date and time.
Integer to limit the number of returned packages.
Data frame of package descriptions.
# Last week
cran_new("last-week")
#> # A data frame: 54 × 39
#> `Date/Publication` Package Type Title Version Author Maintainer Description
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025-04-12 08:30:0… Protei… Pack… "Pri… 0.1.0 "Paul… Paul Ange… "Analysis …
#> 2 2025-04-12 08:30:0… energy… Pack… "Two… 1.0 "Davi… David Col… "Given two…
#> 3 2025-04-12 08:20:0… artma NA "Aut… 0.1.19 "Petr… Petr Čala… "Provides …
#> 4 2025-04-12 08:20:0… e2tree NA "Exp… 0.1.2 "Mass… Massimo A… "The Expla…
#> 5 2025-04-12 08:10:0… FLAG NA "Fle… 0.1 "Yueq… Yueqi QIA… "In order …
#> 6 2025-04-12 08:10:0… butter… NA "Ver… 1.1.2 "Thom… Thomas Zw… "Verificat…
#> 7 2025-04-10 14:50:0… neuroi… Pack… "Dat… 0.8.1 "Brad… Bradley R… "A collect…
#> 8 2025-04-10 14:40:0… EZFrag… NA "Com… 1.0.3 "Jief… Jiefei Wa… "Provides …
#> 9 2025-04-10 14:40:0… MCSimM… NA "Wor… 0.9 "Dust… Dustin F.… "Tools tha…
#> 10 2025-04-10 14:40:0… clootl NA "Fet… 0.1.1 "Elio… Eliot Mil… "Fetches t…
#> # ℹ 44 more rows
#> # ℹ 31 more variables: License <chr>, Encoding <chr>,
#> # `Config/testthat/edition` <chr>, RoxygenNote <chr>, `Authors@R` <chr>,
#> # NeedsCompilation <chr>, Packaged <chr>, Repository <chr>,
#> # crandb_file_date <chr>, MD5sum <chr>, date <chr>, dependencies <list>,
#> # Date <chr>, URL <chr>, BugReports <chr>, VignetteBuilder <chr>,
#> # `Config/testthat/parallel` <chr>, `Config/testthat/start-first` <chr>, …
# Last month
cran_new("last-month")
#> # A data frame: 182 × 51
#> `Date/Publication` Package Type Title Version Author Maintainer Description
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025-04-12 08:30:0… Protei… Pack… "Pri… 0.1.0 "Paul… Paul Ange… "Analysis …
#> 2 2025-04-12 08:30:0… energy… Pack… "Two… 1.0 "Davi… David Col… "Given two…
#> 3 2025-04-12 08:20:0… artma NA "Aut… 0.1.19 "Petr… Petr Čala… "Provides …
#> 4 2025-04-12 08:20:0… e2tree NA "Exp… 0.1.2 "Mass… Massimo A… "The Expla…
#> 5 2025-04-12 08:10:0… FLAG NA "Fle… 0.1 "Yueq… Yueqi QIA… "In order …
#> 6 2025-04-12 08:10:0… butter… NA "Ver… 1.1.2 "Thom… Thomas Zw… "Verificat…
#> 7 2025-04-10 14:50:0… neuroi… Pack… "Dat… 0.8.1 "Brad… Bradley R… "A collect…
#> 8 2025-04-10 14:40:0… EZFrag… NA "Com… 1.0.3 "Jief… Jiefei Wa… "Provides …
#> 9 2025-04-10 14:40:0… MCSimM… NA "Wor… 0.9 "Dust… Dustin F.… "Tools tha…
#> 10 2025-04-10 14:40:0… clootl NA "Fet… 0.1.1 "Elio… Eliot Mil… "Fetches t…
#> # ℹ 172 more rows
#> # ℹ 43 more variables: License <chr>, Encoding <chr>,
#> # `Config/testthat/edition` <chr>, RoxygenNote <chr>, `Authors@R` <chr>,
#> # NeedsCompilation <chr>, Packaged <chr>, Repository <chr>,
#> # crandb_file_date <chr>, MD5sum <chr>, date <chr>, dependencies <list>,
#> # Date <chr>, URL <chr>, BugReports <chr>, VignetteBuilder <chr>,
#> # `Config/testthat/parallel` <chr>, `Config/testthat/start-first` <chr>, …
# Last 5 days
cran_new(from = 5)
#> # A data frame: 54 × 39
#> `Date/Publication` Package Type Title Version Author Maintainer Description
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025-04-12 08:30:0… Protei… Pack… "Pri… 0.1.0 "Paul… Paul Ange… "Analysis …
#> 2 2025-04-12 08:30:0… energy… Pack… "Two… 1.0 "Davi… David Col… "Given two…
#> 3 2025-04-12 08:20:0… artma NA "Aut… 0.1.19 "Petr… Petr Čala… "Provides …
#> 4 2025-04-12 08:20:0… e2tree NA "Exp… 0.1.2 "Mass… Massimo A… "The Expla…
#> 5 2025-04-12 08:10:0… FLAG NA "Fle… 0.1 "Yueq… Yueqi QIA… "In order …
#> 6 2025-04-12 08:10:0… butter… NA "Ver… 1.1.2 "Thom… Thomas Zw… "Verificat…
#> 7 2025-04-10 14:50:0… neuroi… Pack… "Dat… 0.8.1 "Brad… Bradley R… "A collect…
#> 8 2025-04-10 14:40:0… EZFrag… NA "Com… 1.0.3 "Jief… Jiefei Wa… "Provides …
#> 9 2025-04-10 14:40:0… MCSimM… NA "Wor… 0.9 "Dust… Dustin F.… "Tools tha…
#> 10 2025-04-10 14:40:0… clootl NA "Fet… 0.1.1 "Elio… Eliot Mil… "Fetches t…
#> # ℹ 44 more rows
#> # ℹ 31 more variables: License <chr>, Encoding <chr>,
#> # `Config/testthat/edition` <chr>, RoxygenNote <chr>, `Authors@R` <chr>,
#> # NeedsCompilation <chr>, Packaged <chr>, Repository <chr>,
#> # crandb_file_date <chr>, MD5sum <chr>, date <chr>, dependencies <list>,
#> # Date <chr>, URL <chr>, BugReports <chr>, VignetteBuilder <chr>,
#> # `Config/testthat/parallel` <chr>, `Config/testthat/start-first` <chr>, …
# From a given date, but at most 10
cran_new(from = "2021-04-06", last = 10)
#> # A data frame: 10 × 33
#> `Date/Publication` Package Type Title Version Author Maintainer Description
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025-04-12 08:30:0… Protei… Pack… "Pri… 0.1.0 "Paul… Paul Ange… "Analysis …
#> 2 2025-04-12 08:30:0… energy… Pack… "Two… 1.0 "Davi… David Col… "Given two…
#> 3 2025-04-12 08:20:0… artma NA "Aut… 0.1.19 "Petr… Petr Čala… "Provides …
#> 4 2025-04-12 08:20:0… e2tree NA "Exp… 0.1.2 "Mass… Massimo A… "The Expla…
#> 5 2025-04-12 08:10:0… FLAG NA "Fle… 0.1 "Yueq… Yueqi QIA… "In order …
#> 6 2025-04-12 08:10:0… butter… NA "Ver… 1.1.2 "Thom… Thomas Zw… "Verificat…
#> 7 2025-04-10 14:50:0… neuroi… Pack… "Dat… 0.8.1 "Brad… Bradley R… "A collect…
#> 8 2025-04-10 14:40:0… EZFrag… NA "Com… 1.0.3 "Jief… Jiefei Wa… "Provides …
#> 9 2025-04-10 14:40:0… MCSimM… NA "Wor… 0.9 "Dust… Dustin F.… "Tools tha…
#> 10 2025-04-10 14:40:0… clootl NA "Fet… 0.1.1 "Elio… Eliot Mil… "Fetches t…
#> # ℹ 25 more variables: License <chr>, Encoding <chr>,
#> # `Config/testthat/edition` <chr>, RoxygenNote <chr>, `Authors@R` <chr>,
#> # NeedsCompilation <chr>, Packaged <chr>, Repository <chr>,
#> # crandb_file_date <chr>, MD5sum <chr>, date <chr>, dependencies <list>,
#> # Date <chr>, URL <chr>, BugReports <chr>, VignetteBuilder <chr>,
#> # `Config/testthat/parallel` <chr>, `Config/testthat/start-first` <chr>,
#> # SystemRequirements <chr>, LazyData <chr>, Collate <chr>, Language <chr>, …
# March of 2021
cran_new(from = "2021-03-01", to = "2021-04-01")
#> # A data frame: 231 × 48
#> `Date/Publication` Package Type Title Version `Authors@R` Maintainer
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2021-03-31 12:00:05 UTC ClustAsse… Pack… "Too… 0.1.0 "c(person(… "Arash Sh…
#> 2 2021-03-31 11:00:02 UTC complexNet Pack… "Com… 0.1.0 "c(person(… "Marco Sm…
#> 3 2021-03-31 09:40:02 UTC BayesRGMM Pack… "Bay… 1.0 "\nc(perso… "Kuo-Jung…
#> 4 2021-03-31 09:20:02 UTC ggfx NA "Pix… 1.0.0 "\nc(perso… "Thomas L…
#> 5 2021-03-31 09:10:09 UTC codeColle… Pack… "Col… 0.1.2 "\nperson(… "Jari Hau…
#> 6 2021-03-31 09:10:02 UTC kindisper… NA "Sim… 0.9.2 "\nperson(… "Moshe-El…
#> 7 2021-03-31 09:00:05 UTC NonParRol… Pack… "a N… 0.4.0 "c(person(… "Josue M.…
#> 8 2021-03-31 09:00:02 UTC forplo Pack… "Fle… 0.1.0 "person(\"… "\"Vincen…
#> 9 2021-03-31 08:50:16 UTC OpenSpecy Pack… "Ana… 0.8.2 "c(person(… "Win Cowg…
#> 10 2021-03-31 08:50:13 UTC cmR Pack… "Ana… 1.0.1 "c(person(… "Volker S…
#> # ℹ 221 more rows
#> # ℹ 41 more variables: Description <chr>, License <chr>, Encoding <chr>,
#> # RoxygenNote <chr>, URL <chr>, VignetteBuilder <chr>,
#> # NeedsCompilation <chr>, Packaged <chr>, Author <chr>, Repository <chr>,
#> # crandb_file_date <chr>, MD5sum <chr>, date <chr>, dependencies <list>,
#> # LazyData <chr>, BugReports <chr>, Date <chr>, RdMacros <chr>,
#> # Language <chr>, LazyLoad <chr>, `Config/testthat/edition` <chr>, …