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global_search

Source: R/global_search.R
global_search.Rd

Search for ERDDAP tabledap or griddap datasets from a list of ERDDAP servers based on search terms.

Usage

global_search(query, server_list, which_service)

Arguments

query

(character) Search terms

server_list

(list of character) List of ERDDAP servers to search

which_service

(character) One of tabledep or griddap.

Value

If successful a dataframe wih columns:

  • title - the dataset title

  • dataset_id - the datasetid on that ERDDAP server

  • url - base url of dataset ERDDAP server

if urls are valid, no match is found, will return no match found else returns error message

Details

Uses the 'reddap' function ed_search() to search over the list of servers

See also

HttpClient

Examples

# get list of servers know by
# https://irishmarineinstitute.github.io/awesome-erddap
# e_servers <- servers()$url
# select a couple to search
# e_servers <- e_servers[c(1, 40)]
# to meet CRAN time limits will only search 1 place
e_servers <- "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/"
test_query <- 'NOAA/NCDC Blended Monthly'
query_results <- global_search(test_query, e_servers, "griddap")