patentsview (version 0.3.0)

unnest_pv_data: Unnest PatentsView data

Description

This function converts a single data frame that has subentity-level list columns in it into multiple data frames, one for each entity/subentity. The multiple data frames can be merged together using the primary key variable specified by the user (see the relational data chapter in "R for Data Science" for an in-depth introduction to joining tabular data).

Usage

unnest_pv_data(data, pk = get_ok_pk(names(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.

pk

The column/field name that will link the data frames together. This should be the unique identifier for the primary entity. For example, if you used the patents endpoint in your call to search_pv, you could specify pk = "patent_number". This identifier has to have been included in your fields vector when you called search_pv. You can use get_ok_pk to suggest a potential primary key for your data.

Value

A list with multiple data frames, one for each entity/subentity. Each data frame will have the pk column in it, so you can link the tables together as needed.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
fields <- c("patent_number", "patent_title", "inventor_city", "inventor_country")
res <- search_pv(query = '{"_gte":{"patent_year":2015}}', fields = fields)
unnest_pv_data(data = res$data, pk = "patent_number")
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }