appeears_start_task: Start Task

In katharynduffy/AppEEARS4R: AppEEARS API R Wrapper

Description

Executes a task on the AppEEARS server for later retrieval. Currently this only accomodates area search with a fixed set of points for the vector. Also, although multiple layers can be specified they must all belong to the same product. So there is room for this to grow.

Usage

appeears_start_task(token, task_name, start_date, end_date, product, layers,
  type, points)

Arguments

token	An authentication token associated with the submitted task, as per the appeears_start_session function. Expects a list with a a variable, 'token'
task_name	User specified name to give the task
start_date	Used in conjunction with end_date to specify a date range for the search. Should be a string in MM-DD-YYYY format
end_date	Used in conjunction with start_date to specify a date range for the search. Should be a string in MM-DD-YYYY format
product	Name of the data product to specify in the request A list of available products is available here: https://lpdaacsvc.cr.usgs.gov/appeears/products Takes a string in the format product_name.version_number
layers	layer names to pull from the product as specified in the product parameter. A list of layers available with each product can be found here: https://lpdaacsvc.cr.usgs.gov/appeears/products Takes a vecotor of strings, all of which should perfectly match the layer names specified in the above URL.

Value

Returns a list representing the AppEEARS server response. On a valid request, includes a variable 'task_id' which can be used in further requests to see the status of the task or to retrieve associated bundle.

katharynduffy/AppEEARS4R documentation built on Feb. 11, 2020, 12:05 a.m.