wf_transfer: ECMWF data transfer function

In ecmwfr: Interface to 'ECMWF' and 'CDS' Data Web Services

ECMWF data transfer function

Description

Returns the contents of the requested url as a (NetCDF) file downloaded to disk or the current status of the requested transfer.

Usage

wf_transfer(
  url,
  user = "ecmwfr",
  path = tempdir(),
  filename = tempfile("ecmwfr_", tmpdir = ""),
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

url	R6 wf_request) query output or API endpoint
user	user (email address) used to sign up for the ECMWF data service, used to retrieve the token set by wf_set_key.
path	path were to store the downloaded data
filename	filename to use for the downloaded data
verbose	show feedback on data transfers

Details

Normal workflows would use the methods included in returned objects. This is for legacy support and custom scripting only.

Value

a (netCDF) file of data on disk as specified by a wf_request

Author(s)

Koen Hufkens

See Also

wf_set_key wf_request

Examples

## Not run: 
# request data and grab url and try a transfer
# (request not provided)
r <- wf_request(request, transfer = FALSE)

# check transfer, will download if available
wf_transfer(r$get_url())

## End(Not run)

ecmwfr documentation built on Sept. 27, 2024, 5:07 p.m.