downloadDataFile: Download data from URL to local diredctory

In PWFSLSmoke: Utilities for Working with Air Quality Monitoring Data

Description

Downloads a data file into dataDir for later use. Downloaded versions of PWFSL monitoring .RData files allow users to work with the package without access to the internet. Once data are downloaded to dataDir, any of the data loading functions can be called with the dataDir argument to replace internet downloads with local file access.

The recommended directory for PWFSL monitoring data is "~/data/monitoring/RData".

Usage

downloadDataFile(
  filename = NULL,
  baseUrl = NULL,
  dataDir = "~/data/monitoring/RData",
  ...
)

Arguments

filename	Name of the data file to be loaded.
baseUrl	Base URL for data files.
dataDir	Local directory in which to save the data file.
...	Additional arguments passed to download.file.

Value

A ws_monitor object.

PWFSLSmoke documentation built on Nov. 23, 2021, 5:06 p.m.