patentsview (version 0.3.0)

cast_pv_data: Cast PatentsView data

Description

This will cast the data fields returned by search_pv so that they have their most appropriate data types (e.g., date, numeric, etc.).

Usage

cast_pv_data(data)

Arguments

data

The data returned by search_pv. This is the first element of the three-element result object you got back from search_pv. It should be a list of length 1, with one data frame inside it. See examples.

Value

The same type of object that you passed into cast_pv_data.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
fields <- c("patent_date", "patent_title", "patent_year")
res <- search_pv(query = "{\"patent_number\":\"5116621\"}", fields = fields)
cast_pv_data(data = res$data)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }