rdataretriever (version 3.1.1)

download: Download datasets via the Data Retriever.

Description

Directly downloads data files with no processing, allowing downloading of non-tabular data.

Usage

download(
  dataset,
  path = "./",
  quiet = FALSE,
  sub_dir = "",
  debug = FALSE,
  use_cache = TRUE
)

Value

No return value, downloads the raw dataset

Arguments

dataset

the name of the dataset that you wish to download

path

the path where the data should be downloaded to

quiet

logical, if true retriever runs in quiet mode

sub_dir

downloaded dataset is stored into a custom subdirectory.

debug

setting TRUE helps in debugging in case of errors

use_cache

Setting FALSE reinstalls scripts even if they are already installed

Examples

if (FALSE) {
rdataretriever::download("plant-comp-ok")
# downloaded files will be copied to your working directory
# when no path is specified
dir()
}