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All functions

check_for_updates()
Check for updates
check_retriever_availability()
Check to see if minimum version of retriever Python package is installed
commit()
Commit a dataset
commit_log()
See the log of committed dataset stored in provenance directory
data_retriever_version()
Get Data Retriever version
dataset_names()
Name all available dataset scripts.
datasets()
Name all available dataset scripts.
display_all_rdataset_names()
Displays the list of rdataset names present in the list of packages provided
download()
Download datasets via the Data Retriever.
fetch()
Fetch a dataset via the Data Retriever
find_socrata_dataset_by_id()
Returns metadata for the following dataset id
get_dataset_names_upstream()
Get dataset names from upstream
get_rdataset_names()
Returns a list of all the available RDataset names present
get_retriever_citation()
Get retriever citation
get_script_citation()
Get citation of a script
get_script_upstream()
Get scripts upstream
get_updates()
Update the retriever's dataset scripts to the most recent versions.
install()
Install datasets via the Data Retriever (deprecated).
install_csv()
Install datasets via the Data Retriever.
install_json()
Install datasets via the Data Retriever.
install_msaccess()
Install datasets via the Data Retriever.
install_mysql()
Install datasets via the Data Retriever.
install_postgres()
Install datasets via the Data Retriever.
install_retriever()
install the python module `retriever`
install_sqlite()
Install datasets via the Data Retriever.
install_xml()
Install datasets via the Data Retriever.
reload_scripts()
Update the retriever's global_script_list with the scripts present in the ~/.retriever directory.
reset()
Reset the scripts or data(raw_data) directory or both
socrata_autocomplete_search()
Returns the list of dataset names after autocompletion
socrata_dataset_info()
Get socrata dataset info
update_rdataset_catalog()
Updates the datasets_url.json from the github repo
use_RetrieverPath()
Setting path of retriever