validateUrl: Convert, if necessary, URL to valid REST API URL supported by Socrata.
Description
Will convert a human-readable URL to a valid REST API call
supported by Socrata. It will accept a valid API URL if provided
by users and will also convert a human-readable URL to a valid API
URL. Will accept queries with optional API token as a separate
argument or will also accept API token in the URL query. Will
resolve conflicting API token by deferring to original URL.
Usage
validateUrl(url, app_token)
Arguments
url
a string; character vector of length one
app_token
a string; SODA API token used to query the data
portal http://dev.socrata.com/consumers/getting-started.html