abs_cat_tables: Return ABS catalogue tables

In mitcda/raustats: Access Data and Statistics from the ABS and RBA Websites

Description

Return list of data tables available from specified ABS catalogue number.

Usage

abs_cat_tables(
  cat_no,
  releases = "Latest",
  types = c("tss", "css"),
  include_urls = FALSE
)

Arguments

cat_no	ABS catalogue numbers.
releases	Date or character string object specifying the month and year denoting which release to download. Default is "Latest", which downloads the latest available data. See examples for further details.
types	ABS publication types to return. Permissable options include one or more of: 'tss' – ABS Time Series Spreadsheets, 'css' - ABS Data Cubes and 'pub' – ABS Publications. The default returns all Time Series Spreadsheets and Data Cubes.
include_urls	Include full URLs to returned ABS data files. Default (FALSE) does not include data file URLs.

Value

Returns a data frame listing the data collection tables and URLs for Excel (column: path_xls) and, if available, Zip (column: path_zip) files.

Author(s)

David Mitchell <[e-mail]>

Examples

  
    ## List latest available quarterly National Accounts tables
    ana_tables <- abs_cat_tables("5206.0", releases="Latest");
    ana_tables_url <- abs_cat_tables("5206.0", releases="Latest", include_urls=TRUE);

    ## List latest available CPI Time Series Spreadsheet tables only
    cpi_tables <- abs_cat_tables("6401.0", releases="Latest", types="tss");
    cpi_tables_url <- abs_cat_tables("5206.0", releases="Latest", types="tss", include_urls=TRUE);
  
    ## List latest available ASGS Volume 3 Data Cubes
    asgs_vol3_tables <- abs_cat_tables("1270.0.55.003", releases="Latest", types="css");
    asgs_vol3_tables_url <- abs_cat_tables("1270.0.55.003", releases="Latest",
                                           types="css", include_urls=TRUE);
  
    ## List latest available ASGS ANZSIC publications (PDF) files
    anzsic_2006 <- abs_cat_tables("1292.0", releases="Latest", types="pub", include_urls=TRUE);
  

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