source_GitHubData: Load plain-text data from GitHub
Description
source_GitHubData loads plain-text formatted data
stored on GitHub (and other secure-https-websites) into
R.
Usage
source_GitHubData(url, sep = ",", header = TRUE)
Arguments
url
The plain-text formatted data's RAW URL.
sep
The separator method for the data. By default
sep = "," to load comma-separated values data
(CSV). To load tab-separated values data (TSV) use
sep = "t".
header
whether or not the first line of the file
is the header (i.e. variable names). The default is
header = TRUE
Value
a data frame
source
Based on source_url from the Hadley Wickham's devtools
package.
Details
Loads plain-text data (e.g. CSV, TSV) data from GitHub
into R. The function is basically the same as
source_data, but with defaults choosen to
make loading CSV files easier. Note: the GitHub URL you
give for the url argument must be for the RAW
version of the file. The function should work to download
plain-text data from any secure URL (https), though I
have not verified this.
# Download electoral disproportionality data stored on GitHub# Note: Using shortened URL created by bitlyDisData <- source_GitHubData("http://bit.ly/Ss6zDO")