ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser: Open register to show query results or search page

In ctrdata: Retrieve and Analyze Clinical Trials in Public Registers

Open register to show query results or search page

Description

Open advanced search pages of register(s), or execute search in browser

Usage

ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(url = "", register = "", copyright = FALSE)

Arguments

url	of search results page to show in the browser. To open the browser with a previous search, the output of ctrGetQueryUrl or dbQueryHistory can be used. Can be left as empty string (default) to open the advanced search page of register.
register	Register(s) to open, "EUCTR", "CTGOV2", "ISRCTN" or "CTIS". Default is empty string, and this opens the advanced search page of the register(s).
copyright	(Optional) If set to TRUE, opens only the copyright pages of all registers.

Value

(String) Full URL corresponding to the shortened url in conjunction with register if any, or invisibly TRUE if no url is specified.

Examples

# Open all and check copyrights before using registers
ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(copyright = TRUE)

# Open specific register advanced search page
ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(register = "CTGOV2")
ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(register = "CTIS")
ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(register = "EUCTR")
ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(register = "ISRCTN")

# Open all queries that were loaded into demo collection
dbc <- nodbi::src_sqlite(
    dbname = system.file("extdata", "demo.sqlite", package = "ctrdata"),
    collection = "my_trials"
)

dbh <- dbQueryHistory(
    con = dbc
)

for (r in seq_len(nrow(dbh))) {
    ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser(dbh[r, ])
}

ctrdata documentation built on Sept. 30, 2024, 9:39 a.m.