R package for meteostat

[emilio-berti]

There is a growing interest in Ecology and Evolution to access meteo data from ground stations (e.g., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102674). The python module is great, however most ecologists work in R. There's the reticulate R package to include python code, but that is still limited by knowing python. I can see developing an R package similar to the python module to open several opportunities for ecologists who wants this kind of data, but are unfamiliar with python or APIs. In particularly, a package that requires minimal coding skills to get climatic time series within a region of interest would be particularly useful.

1. Is there such an R package? I couldn't find one in the CRAN list.
2. Is there a plan to develop and R package similar to the python module? I have quite some experience with R packaging, python, and APIs and could potentially lead this.
3. Is there someone more on the API/web-standards side who would be interested in this? I need some support in writing a good implementation.