ids_bulk: Download and Process Bulk Data File for International Debt...

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Download and Process Bulk Data File for International Debt Statistics

Description

This function downloads a data file from the World Bank International Debt Statistics (IDS), reads and processes the data into a tidy format.

Usage

ids_bulk(
  file_url,
  file_path = tempfile(fileext = ".xlsx"),
  quiet = FALSE,
  timeout = getOption("timeout", 60),
  warn_size = TRUE
)

Arguments

file_url	A character string specifying the URL of the Excel file to download. This parameter is required (see ids_bulk_files).
file_path	An optional character string specifying the file path where the downloaded file will be saved. Defaults to a temporary file with .xlsx extension. The file will automatically be deleted after processing.
quiet	A logical parameter indicating whether messages should be printed to the console.
timeout	An integer specifying the timeout in seconds for downloading the file. Defaults to the current R timeout setting.
warn_size	A logical parameter indicating whether to warn about large downloads. Defaults to TRUE.

Value

A tibble containing processed debt statistics data with the following columns:

geography_id

The unique identifier for the geography (e.g., "ZMB").

series_id

The unique identifier for the series (e.g., "DT.DOD.DPPG.CD").

counterpart_id

The unique identifier for the counterpart series.

year

The year corresponding to the data (as an integer).

value

The numeric value representing the statistic for the given geography, series, counterpart, and year.

Examples

## Not run: 
available_files <- ids_bulk_files()
data <- ids_bulk(
  available_files$file_url[1]
)

## End(Not run)

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