download_map_data: Helper function to download the map data form a url

In highcharter: A Wrapper for the 'Highcharts' Library

Helper function to download the map data form a url

Description

The urls are listed in https://code.highcharts.com/mapdata/.

Usage

download_map_data(
  url = "custom/world.js",
  showinfo = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE,
  method = "curl"
)

Arguments

url	The map's url.
showinfo	Show the properties of the downloaded map to know how are the keys to add data in hcmap.
quiet	Boolean parameter to turn off download messages (on by default).
method	A string value for the download method used by download.file.

See Also

hcmap

Examples

## Not run: 
mpdta <- download_map_data("https://code.highcharts.com/mapdata/countries/us/us-ca-all.js")
mpdta <- download_map_data("https://code.highcharts.com/mapdata/countries/us/us-ca-all.js",
  quiet = TRUE
)
str(mpdta, 1)

## End(Not run)

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