download_french_data: Download the data set

In frenchdata: Download Data Sets from Kenneth's French Finance Data Library Site

Description

Download the data set

Usage

download_french_data(
  dataset_name,
  dir = NULL,
  dest_file = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  max_tries = 3
)

Arguments

dataset_name	string with the data set name. Use get_french_data_list() to get the list of data sets available to download.
dir	character. Should be a valid directory path where to save the compressed downloaded file.
dest_file	character. Should be a valid file name to save the compressed downloaded file. If dir is defined and dest_file is left empty, the original file name will be used.
overwrite	boolean. Overwrite an existing file?
max_tries	numeric. Number of file download trials.

Value

An objects of class french_dataset with the following elements:

• info - holds the information about when and were the information was retrieved.

• details_url - url for the webpage with details on data set.

• subsets a tibble with with the subsets contained in the downloaded file, the tibble contains a name and data column.

Examples

ff_3f <- download_french_data('Fama/French 3 Factors')
ff_3f

frenchdata documentation built on Sept. 10, 2021, 5:08 p.m.