Function reference • rdataretriever

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