download_file: Download a single file from Dataverse

In andybega/icews: Get the ICEWS Event Data

Download a single file from Dataverse

Description

Download a single file from the ICEWS Dataverse repository and unzip if neccessary

Usage

download_file(file, to_dir, repo = "historic", file_id = NULL, new_name = NULL)

Arguments

file	Name (label) of the file on DVN to download. If zipped, it will automatically be unzipped.
to_dir	Destination directory.
repo	Which repo is the file in? ("historic" or "weekly")
file_id	Optionally, integer file ID. If this is specified, it will preferentially be used over the file name to download the file. This is needed for duplicate file names.
new_name	Optionally, a new file name for the file. Useful for duplicate files.

Details

To get a list of files available for download, see get_dvn_manifest.

Value

Silently returns the downloaded file name.

andybega/icews documentation built on July 7, 2023, 1:29 p.m.