getObject: Get the bytes associated with an object on this Node.

In DataONEorg/rdataone: R Interface to the DataONE REST API

Get the bytes associated with an object on this Node.

Description

Get the bytes associated with an object on this Node.

Usage

getObject(x, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'CNode'
getObject(x, pid)

## S4 method for signature 'MNode'
getObject(x, pid, check = as.logical(FALSE))

Arguments

x	The Node instance from which the pid will be downloaded
...	(Not yet used).
pid	The identifier of the object to be downloaded
check	A logical value, if TRUE check if this object has been obsoleted by another object in DataONE.

Details

This operation acts as the 'public' anonymous user unless an X.509 certificate is present in the default location of the file system, in which case the access will be authenticated.

Value

the bytes of the object

See Also

D1Node-class{D1Node} class description.

Examples

## Not run: 
library(dataone)
cn <- CNode()
mn <- getMNode(cn, "urn:node:KNB")
pid <- "solson.5.1"
obj <- getObject(mn, pid)
df <- read.csv(text=rawToChar(obj))

## End(Not run)

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