Datacommons

**Date** - 09/16/2020

**Release Tag** - [py1.4.2](https://github.com/datacommonsorg/api-python/releases/tag/py1.4.2)

**Release Status** - Current head of branch [`master`](https://github.com/datacommonsorg/api-python/tree/master)

New features added to the Python API

- Added batching to `get_stat_all` to handle querying for many StatisticalVariables across many Places.

**Date** - 08/25/2020

**Release Tag** - [py1.4.1](https://github.com/datacommonsorg/api-python/releases/tag/py1.4.1)

**Release Status** - Current head of branch [`master`](https://github.com/datacommonsorg/api-python/tree/master)

New features added to the Python API

- `get_stat_value`: returns a single value for the specified Place and StatisticalVariable.
- `get_stat_series`: returns a single time series dict for the specified Place and StatisticalVariable.
- `get_stat_all`: returns a nested dictionary of all possible time series for each Place and StatisticalVariable pair.

**Release Status** - Current head of branch [`master`](https://github.com/datacommonsorg/api-python/tree/master)

New features added to the Python API

- Option to use the API without providing API key.
- New options to `get_stats`: `measurement_method`, `unit`, and `obs_period` for finer-grain control over returned statistics.

Bugs fixed in new release

- Elegantly handle sparse responses from `query`.

**Release Status** - Current head of branch [`master`](https://github.com/datacommonsorg/api-python/tree/master)

New features added to the Python API

- Add get_stats API to get observations given a StatisticalVariable and place dcids.

Bugs fixed in new release

- Check Null and empty data in REST API response field to avoid KeyError.

**Release Status** - Current head of branch [`master`](https://github.com/datacommonsorg/api-python/tree/master)

New features added to the Python API

- Handle and ignore NaN in API argument.

Bugs fixed in new release

- Various small fix.

**Release Status** - Current head of branch [`master`](https://github.com/datacommonsorg/api-python/tree/master)

New features added to the Python API

- Use six package for urllib.