dataseries (version 0.2.0)

ds: Download Time Series from

Description

ds downloads time series from http://www.dataseries.org. Data can be imported as a data.frame or an xts object.

Usage

ds(id, class = c("data.frame", "ts", "xts"))
cache_ls()
cache_rm()

Arguments

id

one ore more IDs, as given by http://www.dataseries.org.

class

class of the return value, either a "data.frame" (default) or an "xts" object (requires the xts package to be installed).

Details

Downloaded series are cached in memory as long as the R session is open. If you want to force an update, either restart the R session or run cache_rm to emtpy the cache. cache_ls is a utility function that lists all cached objects (see examples).

Examples

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# ds(c("CCI.AIK", "CCI.ASSS"))               # data.frame
# ds(c("CCI.AIK", "CCI.ASSS"), "ts")         # "ts" object
# ds(c("CCI.AIK", "CCI.ASSS"), "xts")        # "xts" object
# 
# # list cached objects
# cache_ls()
# 
# # empty in-memory cache, which forces a fresh download
# cache_rm()
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