# {ecmwfr} R package release v2.0.3

**URL:** <https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/ecmwfr-r-package-release-v2-0-3/11260>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [10 February 2025 12:05 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/ecmwfr-r-package-release-v2-0-3/11260 "2025-02-10T12:05:23Z")\
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New release of the {ecmwfr} R package to query the data stores. Most prominently fixes a dynamic file renaming issue as the API returns variable formats, depending on the requested data. When requesting a netcdf or grib output file it will rename it to zip, should the data be compressed.

> **[GitHub - bluegreen-labs/ecmwfr: Interface to the public ECMWF API Web Services](https://github.com/bluegreen-labs/ecmwfr)**
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> Interface to the public ECMWF API Web Services