NEWS

infectiousR 0.1.2

Increased version number from 0.1.1 to 0.1.2 to comply with CRAN “Insufficient package version” policy.
No functional changes — this submission only updates metadata to satisfy CRAN submission requirements.
Verified package passes all checks with R CMD check --as-cran (0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 notes).

Fixed graceful failure handling for all API functions when internet is unavailable
Functions now use message() instead of warning() for connection errors
Added timeout (10 seconds) to all API requests to prevent hanging
Improved error messages to be more informative for users
All functions now return NULL gracefully when API is unavailable
Updated documentation to reflect graceful failure behavior
Changed examples from \donttest{} to \dontrun{} for better CRAN compliance

Package now complies with CRAN policy: "Packages which use Internet resources should fail gracefully with an informative message if the resource is not available"