owid_get_metadata: Download metadata from Our World in Data
In owidapi: Access the Our World in Data Chart API

View source: R/owid_get_metadata.R

owid_get_metadata

R Documentation

Download metadata from Our World in Data

Description

Retrieves the metadata for a data set from Our World in Data (OWID) by specifying a chart identifier or direct URL.

Usage

owid_get_metadata(chart_id = NULL, url = NULL)

Arguments

`chart_id`	Character string specifying the chart identifier (e.g., "life-expectancy"). Not required if `url` is provided.
`url`	Direct URL to an OWID chart. If provided, `chart_id` is ignored.

Value

A list containing the requested OWID metadata.

Examples



# Download metadata using a data set
owid_get_metadata("life-expectancy")

# Download metadata using an url
owid_get_metadata(
 url = "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/civil-liberties-score-fh"
)

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