rmangal_request: Low-level request function for the Mangal API

In rmangal: 'Mangal' Client

Low-level request function for the Mangal API

Description

These functions send a request to a specified endpoint of the Mangal API.

Usage

rmangal_request(endpoint, query = NULL, limit = 100, cache = FALSE, ...)

rmangal_request_singleton(endpoint, id, cache = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

endpoint	A character string specifying the API endpoint to query. Must be one of the endpoints listed in rmangal_endpoints().
query	Either a character string for a keyword search, or a named list for custom queries. If NULL, all records are returned.
limit	An integer specifying the maximum number of results per page. Default is 100.
cache	Logical or character. If TRUE, results are cached in a temporary directory. If a character string, it specifies the cache directory. If FALSE (default), no caching is used. See httr2::req_cache() for further details about caching in this context.
...	Additional arguments (currently ignored).
id	An integer or character specifying the unique identifier of the resource to retrieve. Must be a single value.

Value

An object of class mgGetResponses containing the response body and the raw HTTP response(s).

An object of class mgGetResponses containing the response body and the raw HTTP response.

Functions

• rmangal_request(): Send a request to a specified endpoint of the Mangal API and returns all matching results.

• rmangal_request_singleton(): Retrieves a single resource by its ID from a specified endpoint of the Mangal API.

Examples

# Search for networks with keyword "insect"
result <- rmangal_request("network", query = "insect", limit = 10)

# Custom query for a specific dataset
result <- rmangal_request("network", query = list(dataset_id = 19))


# Retrieve network with ID 5013
result <- rmangal_request_singleton("network", id = 5013)

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