owid_search: Search for keywords in OWID catalog data

In owidapi: Access the Our World in Data Chart API

Search for keywords in OWID catalog data

Description

This function searches for a vector of keywords within specified columns of an OWID catalog data frame. If no columns are specified, it searches all character and factor columns.

Usage

owid_search(data, keywords, columns = NULL)

Arguments

data	A data frame, typically obtained from owid_get_catalog.
keywords	A character vector of one or more keywords to search for. The search is case-insensitive.
columns	An optional character vector of column names to search within. If NULL (default), all character and factor columns are searched.

Value

A filtered data frame containing only rows that match at least one of the keywords in at least one of the specified columns.

Examples

# Get the OWID catalog
catalog <- owid_get_catalog()

# Search for climate or carbon in all text columns
owid_search(catalog, c("climate", "carbon"))

# Search only in the title column
owid_search(catalog, c("climate", "carbon"), c("title"))

owidapi documentation built on April 12, 2025, 2:22 a.m.