cbs_download_table: Download a table from statistics Netherlands

Description

cbs_download_table downloads the data and metadata of a table from statistics Netherlands and stores it in csv format.

Usage

cbs_download_table(
  id,
  catalog = "CBS",
  ...,
  dir = id,
  cache = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE,
  typed = FALSE,
  base_url = getOption("cbsodataR.base_url", BASE_URL)
)

Value

meta data object of id

cbs_get_meta().

Arguments

id: Identifier of CBS table (can be retrieved from cbs_get_toc())
catalog: catalog id, can be retrieved with cbs_get_datasets()
...: Parameters passed on to cbs_download_data()
dir: Directory where table should be downloaded
cache: If metadata is cached use that, otherwise download meta data
verbose: Print extra messages what is happening.
typed: Should the data automatically be converted into integer and numeric?
base_url: optionally specify a different server. Useful for third party data services implementing the same protocol.

Details

cbs_download_table retrieves all raw meta data and data and stores these as csv files in the directory specified by dir. It is possible to add a filter. A filter is specified with <column_name> = <values> in which <values> is a character vector. Rows with values that are not part of the character vector are not returned.

Examples

Run this code

if (FALSE) {

# download meta data and data from inflation/Consumer Price Indices
 download_table(id="7196ENG")
}