pxweb_test_api: Test a full or a part of a PXWEB api.

In pxweb: R Interface to PXWEB APIs

Test a full or a part of a PXWEB api.

Description

The function can be used to test a whole pxweb api by using the api base url. By using a branch in a tree the api is tested below this branch.

Usage

pxweb_test_api(
  url,
  test_type = "first",
  n = 1,
  verbose = TRUE,
  time_limit = Inf
)

Arguments

url	The base url to the pxweb api (or a branch of the metadata tree)
test_type	What type of test should be done. The first observation of each table. A random sample of size n. Download all full tables. touch the api by only downloading the first table metadata. This is minimal testing of the API.
n	sample size if test_type is sample.
verbose	The function will print information.
time_limit	Time limit in second the API is allowed to be tested.

Value

Function returns a data.frame with information on each node Two variables are added: checked : The node has been checked error : Whether there were errors encountered with the call download_error : Whether there were errors encountered during download

Examples

## Not run: 
url <- "https://bank.stat.gl/api/v1/en/Greenland/BE/BE01"
res <- pxweb_test_api(url)
res <- pxweb_test_api(url, test_type = "touch")

## End(Not run)

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