getAE_data: getAE_data

In HorridTom/nhsAEscraper: Download and collate Accident and Emergency data from NHS England's website

getAE_data

Description

getAE_data

Usage

getAE_data(update_data = TRUE, directory = file.path("data-raw",
  "sitreps"), url_list = NULL, use_filename_date = FALSE,
  country = "England")

Arguments

update_data	whether to download files afresh from NHS England/Scotland website (TRUE) or use existing downloaded files (FALSE)
directory	directory to find existing downloaded files, and to save new downloads
url_list	list of urls (as strings) for the pages to scrape for data files
use_filename_date	if TRUE, take dates from the Excel file's name, if FALSE, take from the date specified inside the sheet (English data only)
country	the country ("England" or "Scotland") whose NHS A&E data is to be returned

Value

A data frame containing all the A&E data from the NHS England/Scotland website.

Examples

## Not run: 
AE_data <- getAE_data(directory = file.path('nhsAEscraper','sitreps'))
str(AE_data)

## End(Not run)

HorridTom/nhsAEscraper documentation built on April 11, 2024, 1:12 a.m.