owidapi (version 0.1.1)

owid_get_metadata: Download metadata from Our World in Data

Description

Retrieves the metadata for a data set from Our World in Data (OWID) by specifying a chart identifier or direct URL.

Usage

owid_get_metadata(chart_id = NULL, url = NULL)

Value

A list containing the requested OWID metadata.

Arguments

chart_id

Character string specifying the chart identifier (e.g., "life-expectancy"). Not required if url is provided.

url

Direct URL to an OWID chart. If provided, chart_id is ignored.

Examples

# \donttest{
# Download metadata using a data set
owid_get_metadata("life-expectancy")

# Download metadata using an url
owid_get_metadata(
 url = "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/civil-liberties-score-fh"
)
# }