list_census_datasets: Query the CensusMapper API for available datasets.

In cancensus: Access, Retrieve, and Work with Canadian Census Data and Geography

Query the CensusMapper API for available datasets.

Description

Query the CensusMapper API for available datasets.

Usage

list_census_datasets(use_cache = TRUE, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

use_cache	If set to TRUE (the default), data will be read from a temporary local cache for the duration of the R session, if available. If set to FALSE, query the API for the data, and refresh the temporary cache with the result.
quiet	When TRUE, suppress messages and warnings.

Value

Returns a data frame with a column dataset containing the code for the dataset, a column description describing it, a geo_dataset column identifying the geography dataset the data is based on, a attribution column with an attribution string, a reference column with a reference identifier, and a reference_url column with a link to reference materials.

Examples

# List available datasets in CensusMapper
list_census_datasets()

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