Connect to a database — db_connect • webchem

This function connects to a database and returns a connection object. Currently, it supports the following databases: "chembl", "eup", and "foodb".

Usage

db_connect(db, version = NULL, ...)

Arguments

db: character; database name. Must be one of "chembl", "eup", or "foodb".
version: character; version of the database. Only applicable for "chembl". If `NULL` (default), [chembl_check_db_version()] resolves a default set via .Renviron or .Rprofile.
...: Further args passed on to [DBI::dbConnect()]

Value

an object of class "SQLiteConnection".

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Connect to a specific version of the ChEMBL database
con <- db_connect("chembl", version = "37")
# Connect to the EU Pesticides database
con <- db_connect("eup")
# Connect to the FooDB database
con <- db_connect("foodb")
} # }