ctgov_load_cache: Download and/or load cached data
In ctrialsgov: Query Data from U.S. National Library of Medicine's Clinical Trials Database
ctgov_load_cache R Documentation
Download and/or load cached data
Description
This function downloads a saved version of the full clinical trials dataset
from the package's development repository on GitHub (~150MB) and loads it
into R for querying. The data will be cached so that it can be re-loaded
without downloading. We try to update the cache frequently so this is a
convenient way of grabbing the data if you do not need the most up-to-date
version of the database.
Usage
ctgov_load_cache(force_download = FALSE)
Arguments
force_download
logical flag; should the cache be re-downloaded if
it already exists? defaults to FALSE
Value
does not return any value; used only for side effects
Author(s)
Taylor B. Arnold, taylor.arnold@acm.org
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Download and/or load cached data
Description
This function downloads a saved version of the full clinical trials dataset from the package's development repository on GitHub (~150MB) and loads it into R for querying. The data will be cached so that it can be re-loaded without downloading. We try to update the cache frequently so this is a convenient way of grabbing the data if you do not need the most up-to-date version of the database.
Usage
ctgov_load_cache(force_download = FALSE)
Arguments
force_download |
logical flag; should the cache be re-downloaded if
it already exists? defaults to |
Value
does not return any value; used only for side effects
Author(s)
Taylor B. Arnold, taylor.arnold@acm.org
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