bulkBlockDownload: Bulk Block Download

In BSDStudios/ethr: Ethereum Blockchain Data for R

Description

Breaks a large block range up and manages the download size. All downloaded blocks will be stored in a ethr_blocks folder in the data_dir. Uses doParallel package to create a multithread workgroup to increase download speed.

Usage

bulkBlockDownload(start_block, end_block, data_dir, chunk_size = 50000,
  parallel = TRUE, cores = 3)

Arguments

start_block	numeric, Starting block number.
end_block	numeric, Ending block number.
data_dir	path, Desired folder for storing analysis table in.
chunk_size	numeric, Chunk size to Download.
parallel	logical, Should plyr operate in parallel.
cores	numeric, number of cores to be intialised. Suggested n - 1, where n is localhosts number of cores.

Value

saves .RData file within ethr_blocks folder in the data_dir.

BSDStudios/ethr documentation built on May 5, 2019, 10:26 a.m.