tr8_setup: A function to download the most recent url-tables for some...

In GioBo/TR8: A Tool for Downloading Functional Traits Data for Plant Species

A function to download the most recent url-tables for some traitbases.

Description

For some traitbases tr8 uses lookup-tables which contain URLs of the species of interest; some of the traitbases queried by tr8 are uploaded from time to time thus the function may be unable to retrieve traits data for the most recently uploaded species. This function allows the user to refresh some of these lookup tables. BEWARE: this function takes a long time to run (nearly 20 minutes are required - on a fast connection - for retrieving lookup tables for BiolFlor).

Usage

tr8_setup()

Details

At the moment BiolFlor and Ecoflora lookup tables are re-generated by this function.

Value

The values does not return anythis useful for the user; it's used for its side effects, i.e. it stores the retrieved lookup table in one directory for later use from the tr8 function.

Warning

The function takes a lot to run; I suggest to run it just at your first installation of the TR8 package.

Author(s)

Gionata Bocci <[e-mail]>

Examples

## Not run: 
tr8_setup()

## End(Not run)

GioBo/TR8 documentation built on June 16, 2022, 9:10 p.m.