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Title: 'WebAIM' 'WAVE' Accessibility Evaluation Tool
Version: 0.1.0
Description: An R interface to the 'WebAIM' 'WAVE' accessibility evaluation API https://wave.webaim.org/api/. This package provides tools for analyzing web pages for accessibility issues, generating reports, and comparing accessibility across multiple websites.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/benjaminlistyg/waetr
BugReports: https://github.com/benjaminlistyg/waetr/issues
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
Imports: dplyr, ggplot2, httr, jsonlite, purrr (≥ 0.3.0), tibble, tools
Suggests: mockery, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2025-03-20 19:02:36 UTC; benjamin.listyg
Author: Benjamin Listyg [aut, cre], Brennah V. Ross [aut]
Maintainer: Benjamin Listyg <listyg.ben@gmail.com>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2025-04-16 13:50:02 UTC

Calculate Required API Credits

Description

Calculates total API credits needed for analysis

Usage

calculate_required_credits(n_urls, report_type = 1)

Arguments

n_urls

Integer. Number of URLs to analyze

report_type

Integer. WAVE report type (1-4)

Value

Integer value of required credits

Check WAVE API Credits

Description

Checks remaining WAVE API credits for the provided key

Usage

check_wave_credits(api_key)

Arguments

api_key

Character string. WAVE API key

Value

Numeric value of remaining credits

Examples

## Not run: 
credits <- check_wave_credits("your_api_key")
print(sprintf("Remaining credits: %d", credits))

## End(Not run)

Compare Website Accessibility

Description

Main function to generate accessibility comparisons across multiple websites

Usage

compare_accessibility(
  input,
  api_key = NULL,
  site_names = NULL,
  plot_type = c("category_counts", "issues", "structure"),
  report_type = 1,
  theme = "light"
)

Arguments

input

Character vector. URLs to analyze or paths to JSON files

api_key

Character string. WAVE API key (required for URL analysis)

site_names

Character vector. Optional custom names for sites

plot_type

Character string. Type of visualization:

  • "category_counts": Compare main accessibility categories

  • "issues": Detailed breakdown of errors and alerts

  • "structure": Compare structural elements

report_type

Integer. WAVE report type (1-4)

theme

Character string. Visual theme for plot (default: "light")

Value

ggplot object containing the requested visualization

Examples

## Not run: 
# Compare multiple websites
p <- compare_accessibility(
  input = c("https://example.com", "https://example.org"),
  api_key = "your_api_key",
  plot_type = "category_counts"
)

# Save the plot to a temporary directory
ggsave(file.path(tempdir(), "accessibility_comparison.png"), p)

## End(Not run)

Process and Visualize WAVE Results

Description

Internal function to process WAVE data and create visualizations

Usage

compare_wave_results(
  wave_data,
  site_names = NULL,
  plot_type = c("category_counts", "issues", "structure"),
  theme = "light"
)

Arguments

wave_data

List. WAVE analysis results

site_names

Character vector. Names for each site

plot_type

Character string. Type of visualization to generate

theme

Character string. Visual theme for plot

Value

ggplot object containing the visualization

Create Comprehensive Accessibility Report

Description

Generates a complete accessibility report with visualizations and summary data

Usage

create_accessibility_report(
  input,
  api_key = NULL,
  output_dir = NULL,
  report_type = 1,
  include_plots = TRUE,
  custom_theme = "light"
)

Arguments

input

Character vector. URLs to analyze or paths to JSON files

api_key

Character string. WAVE API key (required for URL analysis)

output_dir

Character string. Directory to save report files

report_type

Integer. WAVE report type (1-4)

include_plots

Logical. Whether to include plots in the report (default: TRUE)

custom_theme

Character string. Visual theme for plots (default: "light")

Value

List containing plots and summary data frame

Examples

## Not run: 
report <- create_accessibility_report(
  input = c("https://example.com", "https://example.org"),
  api_key = "your_api_key",
  output_dir = tempdir()
)

## End(Not run)

Create HTML Report

Description

Internal function to generate HTML report content

Usage

create_html_report(results, input, report_type)

Arguments

results

List. Analysis results and plots

input

Character vector. Input URLs or files

report_type

Integer. WAVE report type used

Value

Character string containing HTML content

Create HTML Table

Description

Internal function to convert data frame to HTML table

Usage

create_html_table(df)

Arguments

df

Data frame to convert

Value

Character string containing HTML table

Create Summary Data from WAVE Results

Description

Generates a summary data frame from WAVE accessibility results

Usage

create_summary_data(input, api_key = NULL, report_type = 1)

Arguments

input

Character vector. URLs to analyze or paths to JSON files

api_key

Character string. WAVE API key (required for URL analysis)

report_type

Integer. WAVE report type (1-4)

Value

Data frame containing summary statistics

Fetch WAVE Analysis Data

Description

Retrieves accessibility analysis data either from WAVE API or local JSON files

Usage

fetch_wave_data(
  input,
  api_key = NULL,
  report_type = 1,
  is_json = FALSE,
  delay = 1
)

Arguments

input

Character vector. Either URLs to analyze or paths to JSON files

api_key

Character string. WAVE API key (required for URL analysis)

report_type

Integer. WAVE report type (1-4):

  • 1: Basic statistics only (1 credit)

  • 2: Includes WAVE items (2 credits)

  • 3: Includes XPath data (3 credits)

  • 4: Includes CSS selector data (3 credits)

is_json

Logical. Whether input contains JSON file paths (default: FALSE)

delay

Numeric. Delay between API calls in seconds (default: 1)

Value

List of WAVE analysis results

Examples

## Not run: 
# Fetch from URLs
results <- fetch_wave_data(
  input = c("https://example.com", "https://example.org"),
  api_key = "your_api_key"
)

# Load from JSON files
json_results <- fetch_wave_data(
  input = c("site1.json", "site2.json"),
  is_json = TRUE
)

## End(Not run)

Generate WAVE Report Filename

Description

Creates a standardized filename for WAVE reports

Usage

generate_report_filename(base_name, type, ext = "png")

Arguments

base_name

Character string. Base name for the file

type

Character string. Type of report

ext

Character string. File extension

Value

Character string containing formatted filename

Plot Category Counts Comparison

Description

Creates a bar plot comparing accessibility category counts across sites

Usage

plot_category_counts(wave_data, sites_df, theme = "light")

Arguments

wave_data

List. WAVE analysis results

sites_df

Data frame. Site information

theme

Character string. Visual theme for plot

Value

ggplot object showing category comparisons

Plot Detailed Issue Comparison

Description

Creates a faceted bar plot showing detailed accessibility issues

Usage

plot_issue_details(wave_data, sites_df, theme = "light")

Arguments

wave_data

List. WAVE analysis results

sites_df

Data frame. Site information

theme

Character string. Visual theme for plot

Value

ggplot object showing issue details

Plot Structural Element Comparison

Description

Creates a bar plot comparing structural elements across sites

Usage

plot_structure_comparison(wave_data, sites_df, theme = "light")

Arguments

wave_data

List. WAVE analysis results

sites_df

Data frame. Site information

theme

Character string. Visual theme for plot

Value

ggplot object showing structural element comparison

Process Category Items

Description

Internal helper function to process WAVE category items

Usage

process_category_items(items, category_type)

Arguments

items

List. Category items from WAVE results

category_type

Character string. Type of category being processed

Value

Tibble containing processed item data

Validate WAVE Parameters

Description

Validates input parameters for WAVE API calls

Usage

validate_wave_params(input, api_key = NULL, report_type = 1)

Arguments

input

Character vector. URLs or file paths

api_key

Character string. WAVE API key

report_type

Integer. WAVE report type

Value

Logical TRUE if valid, stops with error if invalid

Access WebAIM WAVE Accessibility API

Description

This function provides an interface to the WebAIM WAVE accessibility evaluation API. It allows you to analyze web pages for accessibility issues and retrieve detailed reports.

Usage

wave(
  key,
  url,
  format = NULL,
  viewportwidth = NULL,
  reporttype = NULL,
  username = NULL,
  password = NULL,
  useragent = NULL,
  toDataframe = FALSE,
  file = NULL
)

Arguments

key

Character string. Your WAVE API key

url

Character string. URL of the webpage to analyze

format

Character string. Response format (optional)

viewportwidth

Integer. Viewport width for analysis (optional)

reporttype

Integer. Type of report to generate (1-4) (optional)

username

Character string. Username for protected pages (optional)

password

Character string. Password for protected pages (optional)

useragent

Character string. Custom user agent (optional)

toDataframe

Logical. Whether to convert results to a data frame (default: FALSE)

file

Character string. Optional file path to save JSON results

Value

List or tibble containing WAVE analysis results

Examples

## Not run: 
# Basic usage
results <- wave(key = "your_api_key", url = "https://example.com")

# Get results as a data frame
df_results <- wave(key = "your_api_key", url = "https://example.com", toDataframe = TRUE)

# Save results to a temporary file
tmp_file <- file.path(tempdir(), "wave_results.json")
wave(key = "your_api_key", url = "https://example.com", file = tmp_file)

## End(Not run)

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They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.