pxweb (version 0.5.3)

get_pxweb_metadata: Get data

Description

Get data from the API. If at the lowest node, provide the user with a friendly message about this.

Usage

get_pxweb_metadata(path = NULL, node = NULL, topnodes = NULL,
  quiet = TRUE, baseURL = NULL, ...)

Arguments

path

URL to fetch metadata from. If left empty, the function constructs a URL from the node and topnodes arguments

node

A string with the name of the node to fetch. This is ignored if path is supplied.

topnodes

A string or list of strings with the names of the parent nodes of node. This is ignored if path is supplied.

quiet

Quiet mode (never return a message to the user)

baseURL

The base URL to use, depending on the web service. Needed if path argument is not provided.

...

Further arguments passed to base_url().

Examples

api_url <- base_url("api.scb.se", language = "sv")
top_node <- get_pxweb_metadata(api_url)

bottom_node <- get_pxweb_metadata("http://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/sv/ssd/AM/AM0114/LCIArbKv")