downloadAndSaveRDS: Download a ZIP file, extract, and save the data as an RDS...

In jbryer/NYEdData: What the Package Does (One Line, Title Case)

Description

This is a utility function that will download a zip file and extract the data.

Usage

downloadAndSaveRDS(
  url,
  filename = tools::file_path_sans_ext(basename(url)),
  download.dir = "data-raw/",
  out.dir = "data/",
  filetypes = c("mdb", "aacdb", "csv"),
  redownload = FALSE,
  cleanup = FALSE
)

Arguments

url	the url of the ZIP file containing the data.
filename	the name of the RDS file to write (excluding file extension).
download.dir	directory to download the ZIP file.
out.dir	directory to write the RDS file.
filetypes	file extensions to look for in the ZIP file to convert to RDS.
redownload	whether to redownload the ZIP file.
cleanup	delete the downloaded ZIP file if the RDS file was created successfully.

Value

the data object read. This would be a data frame (for CSV files) or a list (for MDB and AACDB files).

jbryer/NYEdData documentation built on Dec. 20, 2021, 10:02 p.m.