rTempo-package: rTempo

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Description

Downloading tables from TEMPO ONLINE is as easy as 1, 2, 3

Details

rTempo is a R interface for Tempo Online database. It provides functions to navigate around Tempo Online and download 1 or more tables of interest with the help of the nav_tempo function or with search_tempo, which provides an interface for the search functionality available in the National Institute of Statistics, shortend NIS, site. The prerequisite for downloading a table is to have a valid account for Tempo Online, which can be created in the NIS site. Then login_tempo function is used for authenticating in order to create a valid http session for downloading. The package also provides a function, dir_tempo, to create a working directory for storing the tables, separately from other code and data and a function for viewing the definitions and metadata associated with the table in R Studio's Viewer pane, def_tempo. After the downloads finish a logout_tempo function provides the tools to end the session and reset the working directory to the previous values.

Author(s)

Toma, I., Tiru A., Necula, M.


MarianNecula/rTempo documentation built on May 30, 2019, 3:41 p.m.