GetAllOfGDELT: Download all the GDELT files to a local folder
Description
Downloads all (missing) GDELT files. ** This takes a long
time and a lot of space. **
Usage
GetAllOfGDELT(local.folder,
data.url.root = "http://data.gdeltproject.org/events/", force = FALSE)
Arguments
local.folder
character, path to the file to be
validated.
data.url.root
character, URL for the folder with
GDELT data files.
force
logical, if TRUE then the download is
carried out without further prompting the user.
Value
logical, TRUE if all files were downloaded successfully.
References
GDELT: Global Data on Events, Location and Tone, 1979-2012.
Presented at the 2013 meeting of the International Studies
Association in San Francisco, CA.
http://www.gdeltproject.org/