get_cansim_table_url: Retrieve a Statistics Canada data table URL given a table...

In cansim: Accessing Statistics Canada Data Table and Vectors

Retrieve a Statistics Canada data table URL given a table number

Description

Retrieve URL of a table from the API given a table number. Offers a more stable approach than manually guessing the URL of the table.

Usage

get_cansim_table_url(cansimTableNumber, language = "english")

Arguments

cansimTableNumber	the NDM table number to load
language	"english" (the default) or "french". Short forms such as "en", "eng", "fr" or "fra" are accepted, as are the French names "anglais" and "francais"; case and accents are ignored

Value

String object containing URL for specified table number

Returns NULL if the data could not be retrieved because StatCan is unavailable.

Examples

get_cansim_table_url("34-10-0013")
get_cansim_table_url("34-10-0013", language = "fr")

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