readabs (version 0.4.18)

read_abs_url: Download and import an ABS time series spreadsheet from a given URL

Description

Download and import an ABS time series spreadsheet from a given URL

Usage

read_abs_url(
  url,
  path = Sys.getenv("R_READABS_PATH", unset = tempdir()),
  show_progress_bars = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

url

Character vector of url(s) to ABS time series spreadsheet(s).

path

Local directory in which downloaded ABS time series spreadsheets should be stored. By default, path takes the value set in the environment variable "R_READABS_PATH". If this variable is not set, any files downloaded by read_abs() will be stored in a temporary directory (tempdir()). See ?read_abs() for more.

show_progress_bars

TRUE by default. If set to FALSE, progress bars will not be shown when ABS spreadsheets are downloading.

...

Additional arguments passed to read_abs_local().

Details

If you have a specific URL to the time series spreadsheet you wish to download, read_abs_url() will download, import and tidy it. This is useful for older vintages of data, or discontinued data.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
url <- paste0(
  "https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/",
  "employment-and-unemployment/labour-force-australia/aug-2022/6202001.xlsx"
)
read_abs_url(url)
}