# R Downloads API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/r/r-downloads-api/  
**Provider:** R — https://apis.io/providers/r/  
**Base URL:** https://crandb.r-pkg.org  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/metacran/crandb

R Downloads API is one of 5 APIs that [R](https://apis.io/providers/r/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Downloads. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Package download statistics

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/r/refs/heads/main/openapi/r-downloads-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/metacran/crandb
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/metacran/cranlogs.app
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/metacran/rversions.app

## Other R APIs (4)

- [R Badges API](https://apis.io/apis/r/r-badges-api/)
- [R Packages API](https://apis.io/apis/r/r-packages-api/)
- [R Top Packages API](https://apis.io/apis/r/r-top-packages-api/)
- [R Versions API](https://apis.io/apis/r/r-versions-api/)

## Tags

Downloads

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/r/r-downloads-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/r/.