statswales_get_metadata: Get metadata for a dataset

In statswalesr: Easily Extract Data from 'StatsWales'

Get metadata for a dataset

Description

Returns full metadata for a published dataset including revision history, publication dates, and dimension information.

Usage

statswales_get_metadata(dataset_id, lang = "en-gb")

Arguments

dataset_id	A dataset UUID string. Use statswales_list_datasets() to find dataset IDs.
lang	Language for returned text. One of "en-gb" (default), "en", "cy-gb", or "cy".

Value

A list containing dataset metadata. Returns NULL if the request fails or the dataset is not found.

Examples

## Not run: 
datasets <- statswales_list_datasets()
meta <- statswales_get_metadata(datasets$id[1])

## End(Not run)

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