fetch_vd_meta: Fetch VecDyn metadata table

In ohvbd: One Health VBD Hub

Fetch VecDyn metadata table

Description

Fetch VecDyn metadata table (downloading if necessary) and cache if fresh.

Usage

fetch_vd_meta(
  ids = NULL,
  cache_location = NULL,
  refresh_cache = FALSE,
  noprogress = FALSE,
  basereq = vb_basereq()
)

Arguments

ids	a numeric ID or numeric vector of ids (preferably in an ohvbd.ids object) indicating the particular dataset/s to download.
cache_location	path to cache location (defaults to a temporary user directory, or one set by set_default_ohvbd_cache()).
refresh_cache	force a refresh of the relevant cached data.
noprogress	disable non-essential messaging (progress bars etc.).
basereq	an httr2 request object, as generated by vb_basereq(). If NA, uses the default request.

Value

A dataframe describing the current VecDyn metadata.

Author(s)

Francis Windram

Examples

fetch_vd_meta_table()

ohvbd documentation built on March 10, 2026, 1:07 a.m.