databraryr 0.6.6

Major changes

Incorporated package-wide option management using the {options} package.
Added obligatory message when access to an internet resource fails. This responds to the 2024-07-04 archiving of the previous version due to a violation of CRAN’s policy on packages that access internet resources.

Removed superceded and deprecated functions: list_affiliate(), GET_db_contents(), download_party(), get_party_as_df(), list_individual_sponsors(), list_institutional_sponsors(), list_party(), list_people(), list_sessions(), list_volume(), list_sessions_in_volume()
list_volume_sessions() returns text label for release level.

Added timeout_secs parameter in download_session_assets_fr_df() to accommodate downloads of very big files.

New download_session_assets_fr_df() function that supports piping syntax.
New list_session_assets_2() function that provides input to the “pipe-able” download_session_assets_fr_df().
Fixed bug in get_db_stats() that did not return valid data except for summary statistics.

In testing 0.6.0, several users with installed versions of R before 4.0.1 could not use the package because of its dependency on the native (|>) pipe operator. This version reverts to using the magrittr pipe (%>%).

Implement httr2 functions throughout.
- New make_default_request() and make_login_client() functions to pave the way for future data uploads.
- Revised login_db() and logout_db() to use httr2-style request objects.
Reduce redundant calls to Databrary API and better filtering of responses.
Introduce new function naming convention:
- list_* functions return a list or a data frame.
  - list_{volume,session,party}* functions target volumes, sessions, or parties.
- download_* functions download a file.

Update summarize_videos_in_volume() to support multiple volumes
Update list_affiliates() to support multiple party IDs.
Update list_volume_funding() to support multiple volumes.
Update download_party_avatar() to support multiple party IDs and to return a list with party info and the avatar image.
Update get_party_as_df() to support multiple party IDs.
Update GET_db_contents(); it now handles images.
New download_session_zip() and download_volume_zip() functions.
New summarize_videos_in_volume() function to support multiple volume video statistics.
Update list_sessions() to support multiple volumes.

There is a long list of these from the latest 0.2.9 release. We do not list them here.