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
)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()
}