Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

wrds (development version)

• describe_table() now shows human-readable column labels and table descriptions from WRDS metadata.
• list_subscriptions() now returns a tibble with schema and product columns instead of a character vector. Product names are mapped from the wrds_products dataset.
• list_tables() now returns a tibble with table and description columns instead of a character vector. Descriptions come from WRDS metadata.

wrds 0.1.1

CRAN release: 2026-05-11

• list_subscriptions() lists subscribed data products.

wrds 0.1.0

• wrds_connect() now gives an informative error when authentication fails, with guidance on password updates and Duo 2FA enrollment.
• wrds_connect() now uses bigint = "numeric".
• wrds_update_password() updates the WRDS password without changing the username.

wrds 0.0.2

• wrds_set_credentials() now only uses keyring::key_set() for password input (@iangow).

wrds 0.0.1

CRAN release: 2026-01-19

• Initial release for WRDS access.
• Fixed startup message to use packageStartupMessage() so it can be suppressed.
• get_table() provides generic access to any WRDS table with lazy query support.