statswales_search: Search published datasets

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Search published datasets

Description

Full-text search across dataset titles and summaries. Returns results ranked by relevance.

Usage

statswales_search(
  keywords,
  lang = "en-gb",
  page_number = 1,
  page_size = 100,
  mode = "basic"
)

Arguments

keywords	Search query string.
lang	Language for returned text. One of "en-gb" (default), "en", "cy-gb", or "cy".
page_number	Page number to return. Default 1.
page_size	Number of results per page. Default 100.
mode	Search algorithm. One of "basic" (default), "basic_split", "fts", "fts_simple", or "fuzzy". The fts and fts_simple modes return highlighted matches in match_title and match_summary columns.

Value

A data frame with columns id, title, summary, first_published_at, last_updated_at, and archived_at. Timestamp columns are POSIXct (UTC). The fts and fts_simple modes also return rank, match_title, and match_summary. Returns NULL if the request fails.

Examples

## Not run: 
results <- statswales_search("hospital")
results_cy <- statswales_search("ysbyty", lang = "cy-gb")
results_fuzzy <- statswales_search("transprt", mode = "fuzzy")

## End(Not run)

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