xml_via_python: Download xml xtab data from url, tag with code for caching...

In mountainMath/cancensusHelpers: Helper functions for Cancensus

Download xml xtab data from url, tag with code for caching useful for older (2006) data that does not come as csv option

Description

Download xml xtab data from url, tag with code for caching useful for older (2006) data that does not come as csv option

Usage

xml_via_python(
  code,
  url,
  python_path = "/anaconda3/bin/python3",
  refresh = FALSE,
  temp = NA
)

Arguments

code	The statcan table code, needed for caching and for locating the table to extract
url	The url to the xml table download. Only needed if the table is not cached, but reommended to always include for reproducibility
python_path	path to python executable, expects a conda environment 'r-reticulate' to exist. Can be set up with 'install_python_environment'.
refresh	Will refresh cached data if set to TRUE, default is FALSE
temp	A path to the downloaded xml zip file. Useful if file has already been downloaded and should not be downloaded again.

mountainMath/cancensusHelpers documentation built on May 14, 2022, 12:43 p.m.